效

效 xiào in a sentence

Imitate (effect - devote to)

Full dictionary entry 32 sentences

效 (xiào) means Imitate (effect - devote to). Below are 24 of the 32 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

这个方法 效 果很好。

Zhège fāngfǎ xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.

This method works well.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 效果

药的 效 果不太明显。

Yào de xiàoguǒ bú tài míngxiǎn.

The medicine has not had much effect.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 效果

他的工作 效 率很高。

Tā de gōngzuò xiàolǜ hěn gāo.

He works very efficiently.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 效率

要考虑整体的 效 果。

Yào kǎolǜ zhěngtǐ de xiàoguǒ.

You need to consider the overall effect.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 整体

这种 效 果并不持久。

Zhè zhǒng xiàoguǒ bìng bù chíjiǔ.

This effect is not lasting at all.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 持久

治疗 效 果十分显著。

Zhìliáo xiàoguǒ shífēn xiǎnzhù.

The treatment produced a marked effect.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 显著

这个办法提高了 效 率。

Zhège bànfǎ tígāo le xiàolǜ.

This method has improved efficiency.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 效率

这种药的功 效 很明显。

Zhè zhǒng yào de gōngxiào hěn míngxiǎn.

The effect of this medicine is very clear.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功效

麻醉的 效 果还没过去。

Mázuì de xiàoguǒ hái méi guòqù.

The effect of the anaesthetic has not worn off yet.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻醉

这种药的 效 果很神奇。

Zhè zhǒng yào de xiàoguǒ hěn shénqí.

The effect of this medicine is remarkable.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神奇

合同签字后立即生 效 。

Hétong qiānzì hòu lìjí shēng xiào.

The contract takes effect immediately upon signature.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生效

政策实施后 效 果不错。

Zhèngcè shíshī hòu xiàoguǒ búcuò.

The policy has worked well since implementation.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 实施

公司今年的 效 益很好。

Gōngsī jīnnián de xiàoyì hěn hǎo.

The company's returns this year are very good.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 效益

这套音响的 效 果很好。

Zhè tào yīnxiǎng de xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.

This sound system produces excellent sound.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 音响

这个办法简单并且有 效 。

Zhège bànfǎ jiǎndān bìngqiě yǒuxiào.

This method is simple and also effective.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 并且

这项措施已经初见成 效 。

Zhè xiàng cuòshī yǐjīng chū jiàn chéngxiào.

This measure is already beginning to show results.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成效

这项条约将于明年生 效 。

Zhè xiàng tiáoyuē jiāng yú míngnián shēngxiào.

This treaty comes into force next year.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 条约

效 率和公平并不一定对立。

Xiàolǜ hé gōngpíng bìng bù yídìng duìlì.

Efficiency and fairness are not necessarily opposed.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对立

新规定从下月一日起生 效 。

Xīn guīdìng cóng xià yuè yī rì qǐ shēng xiào.

The new rules take effect from the first of next month.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生效

结果没有达到预期的 效 果。

Jiéguǒ méiyǒu dádào yùqī de xiàoguǒ.

The result did not reach the expected effect.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 预期

洗手可以有 效 防止疾病传播。

Xǐshǒu kěyǐ yǒuxiào fángzhǐ jíbìng chuánbō.

Washing your hands effectively prevents the spread of disease.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 防止

今年 效 益好,分红比去年多。

Jīnnián xiàoyì hǎo, fēn hóng bǐ qùnián duō.

Business was good this year, so the dividend is larger than last year's.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 分红

这种疾病目前还没有特 效 药。

Zhè zhǒng jíbìng mùqián hái méiyǒu tèxiào yào.

There is as yet no specific cure for this disease.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疾病

要兼顾经济 效 益和社会 效 益。

Yào jiāngù jīngjì xiàoyì hé shèhuì xiàoyì.

Both economic and social benefit must be considered.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 效益

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效 appears in 32 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

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How is 效 used in a sentence?

This page shows 32 sentences using 效 (xiào, "Imitate (effect - devote to)"), 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.

Why do some sentences show 效 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 效 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

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The dictionary page for 效 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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