秒表 (miǎobiǎo): stopwatch

Measure Word

一块秒表 kuài

教练用秒表记录运动员的成绩。

Jiàoliàn yòng miǎobiǎo jìlù yùndòngyuán de chéngjì.

The coach used a stopwatch to record the athlete's performance.

按下秒表，计时开始。

Àn xia miǎobiǎo, jìshí kāishǐ.

Press the stopwatch and the timing begins.

memory

秒 means 'second' (unit of time) and 表 means 'watch' — so 秒表 is a 'second-watch', i.e., a watch that measures seconds = stopwatch.

秒 miǎo

表 biǎo