exactly 8 kè. Since then, kè has been used as shorthand to talk about time in of a double hour or of a single hour. Their usage is similar to using "quarter hour" for 15 minutes or "half an hour" for 30 minutes in English. For example, 6:45 can be written as "6 diǎn, 3 kè" (). Miǎo is now the standard term for a second. Like fēn, it is sometimes written as miǎozhōng (, literally "clock second") to clarify that someone is talking about modern seconds. See also Chinese calendar Decimal time Hour Date and time notation in Asia Chinese units of measurement Chinese Buddhism, the texts from which the smallest units of traditional Chinese time are derived Notes References Bibliography Calendar Specific calendars Metrication Decimal time Time measurement systems Units of time Timekeeping