jiffy in Chinese
jiffy in Chinese is 即时的 — jiffy means a very short, unspecified length of time.
jiffy in Chinese
即时的
Pronounced: jí shí de
(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
What does "jiffy" mean?
- noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- noun A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
- noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- noun The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
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What is "jiffy" in Chinese?
"jiffy" in Chinese is 即时的. jiffy means: A very short, unspecified length of time.
How do you pronounce 即时的?
"jiffy" in Chinese is 即时的, pronounced "jí shí de".
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