分秒

fēnmiǎo
noun #35,578

Meanings

  1. 1 minutes and seconds
  2. 2 every minute and second
  3. 3 the smallest unit of time

Examples

HSK 4
Bǐsài zhǐ shèngxià zuìhòu de fēnmiǎo.
Only the final seconds of the match remained.
HSK 5
Shíjiān bùděng rén, yào fēnmiǎo-bìzhēng.
Time waits for no one - every second must be seized.

Tips

usage
分秒 most commonly appears in the four-character idiom 分秒必争 '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

fēn
miǎo