效 (haau6 | xiao4) : effect; devote

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效

haau6

xiao4

[1] [n] effect; result; efficacy
[2] [v] devote; render service to

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

效

Don't confuse with:
効

This word has been viewed 9005 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Dec 2010 09:08

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特殊效果 dak6 syu4 haau6 gwo2 te4 shu1 xiao4 guo3 = special effects (film)

效率 haau6 leot6*2 xiao4 lv4 = efficiency

失效 sat1 haau6 shi1 xiao4 = to lose effectiveness

生效 sang1 haau6 sheng1 xiao4 = to go into effect; to take effect

有效 jau5 haau6 you3 xiao4 = [1] valid; in effect [2] effective

效力 haau6 lik6 xiao4 li4 = work for, serve; effect, efficacy

效果 haau6 gwo2 xiao4 guo3 = effect; result

效益 haau6 jik1 xiao4 yi4 = benefit

見效 gin3 haau6 jian4 xiao4 = to have the desired effect; to see the result; effective

成效 sing4 haau6 cheng2 xiao4 = effect; result
See all 53 compounds (CantoDict reports 58 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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生產效率大大提高。
Productivity has risen greatly.

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Decimal representation of this word: 效
Unicode code for this character: U+6548 (off-site link)

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