八秒

bāmiǎo
phrase #35,439

Meanings

  1. 1 eight seconds
  2. 2 a duration of 8 seconds (often used in sports timing or as a meme reference)

Examples

HSK 5
Tā bā miǎo jiù pǎo wán le yìbǎi mǐ.
He finished the 100 meters in eight seconds.
HSK 7-9
Dàojìshí háiyǒu bā miǎo.
There are still eight seconds on the countdown.

Tips

culture
A common chunk in subtitle dialogue (countdowns, sports timing). In rodeo / bull-riding contexts, '八秒' (eight seconds) is the famous duration a rider has to stay on a bull for the ride to count - borrowed from American rodeo culture. Otherwise just literal: ('eight') + ('second').

Stroke Order

miǎo