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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)

长效
chángxiào
to be effective over an extended period
效法
xiàofǎ
to imitate
效率
xiàolǚ
efficiency
HSK 5
效用
xiàoyòng
usefulness
效益
xiàoyì
benefit
HSK 6
效能
xiàonéng
efficacy
速效
sùxiào
quick results
低效
dīxiào
inefficient
高效
gāoxiào
efficient
见效
jiànxiào
to have the desired effect
肥效
féixiào
effectiveness of fertilizer
绩效
jìxiào
performance
功效
gōngxiào
efficacy
HSK 6
综效
zōngxiào
synergy
疗效
liáoxiào
healing efficacy
生效
shēngxiào
to take effect
HSK 6
显效
xiǎnxiào
to show an effect
报效
bàoxiào
render service to repay kindness
音效
yīnxiào
sound effect
特效
tèxiào
special effect

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