分分秒秒 (fēn fēn miǎo miǎo) — (noun phrase) every minute and every second; mo…

Definition

A noun phrase meaning 'every minute and every second' — emphasizes the continuous, moment-by-moment passage of time, often used to stress how constantly or urgently something happens.

noun

(noun phrase) every minute and every secondmoment by momentcontinuously

Examples

分分秒秒。
Wǒ fēn fēn miǎo miǎo dōu zài xiǎng nǐ.
I think of you every minute.
分分秒秒，。
Shí jiān fēn fēn miǎo miǎo dì liú shì, wǒ men yào zhēn xī.
Time passes moment by moment; we must cherish it.
分分秒秒，。
Tā fēn fēn miǎo miǎo bù tíng dì gōng zuò, zhōng yú chéng gōng le.
He worked nonstop every second and finally succeeded.

Origin

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

分分

分fēnminute分fēnminute

秒秒

秒miǎosecond秒miǎosecond

分 means minute and 秒 means second; doubling both expresses every minute and second.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾少秒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hécereal; grain

Sound part声符shēngfú

少

少shǎo秒miǎo

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 秒 pairs 禾, a cereal or grain plant, with 少 giving the sound.

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