粵

秒miu5鐘zung1

simp秒钟
miu5 zung1miǎo zhōng

English

  1. (time) second
  2. second (only denoting quantity when combined with cardinal numerals)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 時間單位;即係1/60分鐘,相對較短。相比起「秒」,「秒鐘」只可以配搭基數詞表述數量。

Examples

  • 光一秒鐘能夠環繞地球七圈半。

    Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.

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  • 快啲!你只係得番五秒鐘。

    Hurry up! You only have five seconds left.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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