十五秒

shíwǔmiǎo

phrase #32,762

Meanings

1 fifteen seconds

Characters

second (of time)

Examples

比赛只剩十五秒了。

Bǐsài zhǐ shèng shíwǔ miǎo le.

There are only fifteen seconds left in the match.

请用十五秒介绍一下你自己。

Qǐng yòng shíwǔ miǎo jièshào yīxià 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