miǎo
second (of time)
unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
zhēng fēn duó miǎo
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
making every second count
fēi miǎo
femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s
fēn miǎo bì zhēng
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
every moment counts
nà miǎo
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)
Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒[nai4 miao3]
miǎo chā jù
parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years
nài miǎo
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Taiwan)
PRC equivalent: 納秒|纳秒[na4 miao3]
miǎo shā
(Internet) flash sale
(sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
jiǎo miǎo fú hào
double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)
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