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效

xiào

HSK 4 Character Traditional 傚

What 效 means

1. to imitate (variant of {效|xiào})

Other readings

效 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiàoeffect; efficacy; to imitate
• xiàovariant of {效|xiào}
• xiàovariant of {效|xiào}

Example sentences

• 效果不错。
  It works well.
• 它不会奏效。
  It won't work.
• 不怎么见效。
  It doesn't work particularly well.
• 车票有效三天。
  The ticket holds good for three days.
• 那对他依然奏效。
  Nà duì tā yīrán zòuxiào.
  This still applies to him.
• 工程要怎么见效？
  Gōngchéng yào zěnme jiànxiào?
  How will the project work?

Words starting with 效

• 效果xiào guǒresult; effect; efficacy
• 效率xiào lǜefficiency
• 效益xiào yìbenefit; effectiveness; efficiency
• 效应xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
• 效力xiào lìeffectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)
• 效用xiào yòngusefulness; effectiveness; (economics) utility
• 效忠xiào zhōngto vow loyalty and devotion to
• 效劳xiào láoto serve (in some capacity); to work for
• 效法xiào fǎto imitate; to follow the example of
• 效能xiào néngefficacy; effectiveness
• 效果图xiào guǒ túrendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
• 效价xiào jiàpotency; titer…
• 效价能xiào jià néngpotency; titer…
• 效验xiào yàn(desired) effect; (expected) result; effective
• 效尤xiào yóuto follow a bad example
• 效犬马之劳xiào quǎn mǎ zhī láoto render one's humble services; to be at sb's beck and call
• 效仿xiào fǎngsee 仿效

Words containing 效

• 功效gōng xiàoefficacy
• 成效chéng xiàoeffect; result
• 生效shēng xiào(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect…
• 有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect; valid
• 无效wú xiàonot valid; ineffective; in vain
• 高效gāo xiàoefficient; highly effective
• 有效期yǒu xiào qīperiod of validity; sell-by date
• 绩效jì xiàoperformance; results; achievement
• 特效tè xiàomarked effect; strong effect; (cinema, photography, apps etc) special effects…
• 疗效liáo xiàohealing efficacy; healing effect
• 见效jiàn xiàoto produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired result
• 失效shī xiàoto fail; to lose effectiveness
• 报效bào xiàorender service to repay kindness
• 奏效zòu xiàoto show results; to be effective
• 仿效fǎng xiàoto copy; to imitate
• 有效性yǒu xiào xìngvalidity
• 实效shí xiàoactual effect; practical result; efficacy
• 行之有效xíng zhī yǒu xiàoto be effective (idiom)
• 奇效qí xiàowondrous effect; marvelous efficacy
• 时效shí xiàotimeliness; period of viability or validity; (law) prescription; limitation
• 长效cháng xiàoto be effective over an extended period
• 收效shōu xiàoto yield results
• 卓有成效zhuó yǒu chéng xiàohighly effective; fruitful
• 音响效果yīn xiǎng xiào guǒsound effects

Characters built on 交

These share the phonetic component 交 (jiāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall

Characters that look like 效

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 救jiùto save; to assist; to rescue
• 赦shèto pardon (a convict)
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 敖Áosurname Ao
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined

Sounds the same

Read xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 笑to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
• 校(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 孝filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
• 肖similar; resembling; to resemble
• 啸(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 哮pant; roar; bark (of animals)
• 恔cheerful
• 薢woody climbing plant
• 歗old variant of 啸