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效力

xiào lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

效力 (xiào lì) means "effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 效力 means

1. effectiveness
2. positive effect
3. to serve (in some capacity)

The characters in 效力

• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 这份合同没有法律效力。
  This contract is null and void.

Sounds the same

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

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiào lì correctly.
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