HanTrace

秒

miǎo

Other characters with the syllable miao: see all 7 →

Meaning

  • second (unit of time)
  • arc second (angular measurement unit)
  • (coll.) instantly

Example

我们的员工正在争分夺秒地修理冰暴带来的损坏。

Our employees are working around the clock to fix the damage caused by the ice storm.

From 争分夺秒 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

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