秒 (miǎo) — (classifier) second (unit of time)
Definition
秒 (miǎo) is the unit-of-time 'second' (60 = one minute). As a classifier it only counts elapsed time — use 次 to count how many times an event happens.
classifier
second (unit of time)
Examples
- 。Zài děng shí miǎo.Wait another ten seconds.
- ，。Tā pǎo dé hěn kuài, zhǐ yào wǔ miǎo.He runs very fast — it only takes five seconds.
- 。Yì miǎo jiù gòu le.One second is enough.
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