十五秒

shíwǔ miǎo

phrase #32,762

Meanings

1 fifteen seconds

Characters

second (of time)

Examples

HSK 4

比赛只剩十五秒了。

Bǐsài zhǐ shèng shíwǔ miǎo le.

There are only fifteen seconds left in the match.

HSK 4

请用十五秒介绍一下你自己。

Qǐng yòng shíwǔ miǎo jièshào yíxià nǐ zìjǐ.

Please introduce yourself in fifteen seconds.

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grammar

Time durations in Chinese stack number + unit directly: 十五 (fifteen) + 秒 (seconds). Compare 十五分钟 "fifteen minutes", 十五小时 "fifteen hours". As a duration, it usually goes after the verb: 等了十五秒 "waited fifteen seconds".

Stroke Order

十 shí

五 wǔ

秒 miǎo