作用 zuòyòng in a sentence
Affect (to act on - function - action)
作用 (zuòyòng) means Affect (to act on - function - action). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这种药的 作用 很大。
Zhè zhǒng yào de zuòyòng hěn dà.
This medicine has a strong effect.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 作用
运动对健康有很大的 作用 。
Yùndòng duì jiànkāng yǒu hěn dà de zuòyòng.
Exercise plays a big part in staying healthy.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 作用
他的意见起了主导 作用 。
Tā de yìjiàn qǐ le zhǔdǎo zuòyòng.
His view played the leading role.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主导
这种药可能伴随一些副 作用 。
Zhè zhǒng yào kěnéng bànsuí yìxiē fùzuòyòng.
This medicine may come with some side effects.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 伴随
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Questions about 作用
How is 作用 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 作用 (zuòyòng, "Affect (to act on - function - action)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 作用 an HSK word?
Yes — 作用 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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