分秒

fēnmiǎo

noun #35,578

Meanings

1 minutes and seconds
2 every minute and second
3 (by extension) the smallest unit of time

Characters

Examples

时间不等人，要分秒必争。

Shíjiān bù děng rén, yào fēnmiǎobìzhēng.

Time waits for no one — every second must be seized.

比赛只剩下最后的分秒。

Bǐsài zhǐ shèng xià zuìhòu de fēnmiǎo.

Only the final seconds of the match remained.

Tips

usage

分秒 most commonly appears in the four-character idiom 分秒必争 fēnmiǎobìzhēng 'fight for every minute and second' (race against the clock). Standalone use is rarer and almost always in literary or motivational contexts emphasizing time pressure.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

秒 miǎo