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副作用

fù zuò yòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

副作用 (fù zuò yòng) means "side effect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 副作用 means

1. side effect

The characters in 副作用

• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 这药没有副作用。
  Zhè yào méiyǒu fùzuòyòng.
  This medicine has no side effects.
• 这个药没有有害的副作用效果。
  Zhège yào méiyǒu yǒuhài de fùzuòyòng xiàoguǒ.
  This medicine doesn't have any harmful side effects.
• 可能会引起视力模糊、呼吸急促等副作用。
  Kěnéng huì yǐnqǐ shìlì móhu, hūxī jícù děng fùzuòyòng.
  Possible side effects include blurred vision and shortness of breath.

Where 副作用 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fù zuò yòng correctly.
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