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效率

xiào lǜ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

效率 (xiào lǜ) means "efficiency". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 效率 means

1. efficiency

The characters in 效率

• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效
• 率lǜ(bound form) ratio; rate; proportion

Example sentences

• 你们的效率太低了。
  Nǐmen de xiàolǜ tài dī le.
  It is inefficient of you.
• 这餐厅的服务一点效率也没有。
  Zhè cāntīng de fúwù yīdiǎn xiàolǜ yě méiyǒu.
  The service in this restaurant is none too fast.
• 这些学生很努力，但效率不太高。
  These students work hard, but it's not that much efficient.
• 如何提高工作效率是我们现在要面临的难题。
  The challenge we are going to face is how to increase work efficiency.
• 随着人们年龄的增长，其脑细胞就变得比较没有效率。
  Suízhe rénmen niánlíng de zēngzhǎng, qí nǎoxìbāo jiù biànde bǐjiào méiyǒu xiàolǜ.
  As people get older, their brain cells become less efficient.
• 我们优化了数据库索引，结果系统效率提高了50%。
  Wǒmen yōuhuà le shùjùkù suǒyǐn, jiéguǒ xìtǒng xiàolǜ tígāo le 50 pā.
  We have optimized the database indexing, and as a result, system efficiency has improved by 50%.

Words containing 效率

• 高效率gāo xiào lǜhigh efficiency
• 容积效率róng jī xiào lǜvolumetric efficiency (engine technology)

Where 效率 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Bodily Experience & Physical Care (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiào lǜ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.