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

分 fēn
秒 miǎo