秒
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second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly
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How 秒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
禾 (semantic, “grain”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
seconds · Heisig RSH #2005
wild rice + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 沙 | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 省 | shěng | province; frugal; to save, to leave out |
| 妙 | miào | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 钞 | chāo | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit |
| 吵 | chǎo | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 秒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角秒符号 | jiǎo miǎo fú hào | double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc) |
| 分秒必争 | fēn miǎo bì zhēng | seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts |
| 三秒胶 | sān miǎo jiāo | (Tw) superglue |
| 争分夺秒 | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count |
| 数秒 | shǔ miǎo | to count the number of seconds (between two events) |
| 阿秒 | ā miǎo | (physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s) |
| 皮秒 | pí miǎo | picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s |
| 秒回 | miǎo huí | (neologism) (slang) to respond to a message within seconds |
| 纳秒 | nà miǎo | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒[nai4 miao3] |
| 秒表 | miǎo biǎo | stopwatch |
| 飞秒 | fēi miǎo | femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s |
| 秒射 | miǎo shè | to ejaculate within a few seconds during sex |
| 秒杀 | miǎo shā | (Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent |
| 微秒 | wēi miǎo | microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s |
| 秒看 | miǎo kàn | (coll.) to take in at a glance |
| 秒针 | miǎo zhēn | second hand (of a clock) |
| 秒差距 | miǎo chā jù | parsec (astronomy) |
| 读秒 | dú miǎo | to count down the remaining seconds (e.g. in games, rocket launches, New Year's Eve); (of … |
| 每分每秒 | měi fēn měi miǎo | each and every moment |
| 秒钟 | miǎo zhōng | (time) second |