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Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

miao3zhong1 miǎozhōng

Meaning


Primary

second

Alternatives

seconds

Mnemonic


The 秒鐘 second is officially set by a special atomic clock that makes a 鐘 bell sound every 秒 second. Ding... ding... ding... ding...

Usage


比賽 還 剩 十五 秒鐘。

There is fifteen seconds left in the game.

一 分鐘 有 六十 秒鐘。

One minute contains sixty seconds.

經 過 兩 秒鐘 的 努力

after two seconds of effort