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功效

gōng xiào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

功效 (gōng xiào) means "efficacy, effect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 功效 means

1. efficacy

The characters in 功效

• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效

Example sentences

• 很多人都相信针灸有治愈疾病的功效。
  Many people believe acupuncture can cure diseases.

Sounds the same

Read gōng xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工校technical school; abbr. for 工业学校

Where 功效 is taught

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

Go deeper

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