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

Dàojìshí hái yǒu bāmiǎo.
There are still eight seconds on the countdown.
Tā bāmiǎo jiù pǎo wán le yìbǎi mǐ.
He finished the 100 meters in eight seconds.

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

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