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效
xiào
1. effect
2. efficacy
3. to imitate
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

效
xiào
result, effect; effective
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

仿效
fǎngxiào
to copy
低效
dīxiào
inefficient
功效
gōngxiào
efficacy
HSK 6
报效
bàoxiào
render service to repay kindness
失效
shīxiào
to fail
奏效
zòuxiào
to show results
实效
shíxiào
actual effect
后效
hòuxiào
after-effect
成效
chéngxiào
effect
HSK 6
收效
shōuxiào
to yield results
效价
xiàojià
potency
效力
xiàolì
effectiveness
效劳
xiàoláo
to serve (in some capacity)
效尤
xiàoyóu
to follow a bad example
效忠
xiàozhōng
to vow loyalty and devotion to
效应
xiàoyìng
effect (scientific phenomenon)
效果
xiàoguǒ
result
HSK 4
效法
xiàofǎ
to imitate
效率
xiàolǚ
efficiency
HSK 5
效用
xiàoyòng
usefulness

Alternate Entries

效
xiào
variant of [[傚|效<xiào>]]
效
xiào
variant of [[效<xiào>]] / to imitate
效
xiào
variant of [[效<xiào>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
550
Word Frequency Rank
1,929 of 84,292