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second (unit of time)

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MEANING

  1. measure word

    second (unit of time)

    时间单位,六十分之一分钟shíjiān dānwèi、liùshí fēnzhī yī fēnzhōng

    • Please wait for me a second.

    + 1 more example for this meaning
    • There are sixty minutes in an hour and sixty seconds in a minute.

  2. measure word

    arc second (angular measurement unit)

    时间或角度的单位,很短的时间shíjiān huò jiǎodù de dānyuán, hěn duǎn de shíjiān

    • A minute has sixty seconds.

  3. adverb

    (coll.) instantly

    非常快;立刻fēicháng kuài; lìkè

    • He understood my meaning instantly.

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A second is as tiny as a grain of rice, the shortest moment in time.

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