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秒

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miǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. second (unit of time)
  2. 2. arc second (angular measurement unit)
  3. 3. (coll.) instantly

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這則訊息將在五 秒 後自動銷毀。
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Words Containing 秒

争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

三秒胶
sān miǎo jiāo

superglue

分秒必争
fēn miǎo bì zhēng

seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose

奈秒
nài miǎo

PRC equivalent: 納秒|纳秒[nà miǎo]

微秒
wēi miǎo

microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s

每分每秒
měi fēn měi miǎo

all the time

毫秒
háo miǎo

millisecond, ms

皮秒
pí miǎo

picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s

秒射
miǎo shè

to ejaculate within a few seconds during sex

秒差距
miǎo chā jù

parsec (astronomy)

秒懂
miǎo dǒng

to understand instantly

秒杀
miǎo shā

(Internet) flash sale

秒看
miǎo kàn

to take in at a glance

秒秒钟
miǎo miǎo zhōng

in a matter of seconds

秒表
miǎo biǎo

stopwatch

秒针
miǎo zhēn

second hand (of a clock)

秒钟
miǎo zhōng

(time) second

纳秒
nà miǎo

nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)

角秒符号
jiǎo miǎo fú hào

double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)

飞秒
fēi miǎo

femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s

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