秒
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second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 秒
- Common rank
- #2,183
- Unicode
- U+79D2
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 秒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角秒符号 | double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc) | |
| 分秒必争 | seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts | |
| 三秒胶 | (Tw) superglue | |
| 争分夺秒 | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count | |
| 数秒 | to count the number of seconds (between two events) | |
| 阿秒 | (physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s) | |
| 皮秒 | picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s | |
| 秒回 | (neologism) (slang) to respond to a message within seconds | |
| 纳秒 | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒[nai4 miao3] | |
| 秒表 | stopwatch | |
| 飞秒 | femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s | |
| 秒射 | to ejaculate within a few seconds during sex | |
| 秒杀 | (Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent | |
| 微秒 | microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s | |
| 秒看 | (coll.) to take in at a glance | |
| 秒针 | second hand (of a clock) | |
| 秒差距 | parsec (astronomy) | |
| 读秒 | to count down the remaining seconds (e.g. in games, rocket launches, New Year's Eve); (of … | |
| 每分每秒 | each and every moment | |
| 秒钟 | (time) second |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 少 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound part | few, little; less; inadequate | |
| 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 省 | province; frugal; to save, to leave out | |
| 妙 | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful | |
| 炒 | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock | |
| 抄 | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize | |
| 纱 | gauze, muslin, yarn | |
| 钞 | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit | |
| 吵 | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb | |
| 耖 | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |