Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
miǎo - second (unit of time)
- arc second (angular measurement unit)
- (coll.) instantly

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 961 1,109 532

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Grain

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 961 1,109 532
秒表 - - 26,672 53,328 47,178
争分夺秒 - 9 30,384 39,873 33,487
秒钟 - - 33,004 31,742 27,798
分秒必争 - - 33,054 66,589 59,378
毫秒 - - 39,678 84,854 83,929
秒针 - - 45,401 73,442 41,137
微秒 - - 60,195 - -