HSK 5 · Ideas

效率 xiàolǜ “efficiency” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 效率 means

  1. efficiency

How to say 效率

    效率 in a sentence

    1. 如何提高工作效率是我们现在要面临的难题。

      Rúhé tígāo gōngzuò xiàolǜ shì wǒmen xiànzài yào miànlín de nántí.

      How to improve work efficiency is the problem we now face.

      Sentence #2442099 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 这些学生很努力，但效率不太高。

      Zhèxiē xuésheng hěn nǔlì, dàn xiàolǜ bú tài gāo.

      These students work hard, but they’re not very efficient.

      Sentence #1463233 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 这餐厅的服务一点效率也没有。

      Zhè cāntīng de fúwù yìdiǎn xiàolǜ yě méiyǒu.

      The service in this restaurant isn’t efficient at all.

      Sentence #346672 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

    How 效率 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 效 (xiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
    效xiàoto imitate
    • 交to connect · jiāoSound part
    • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

    攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 率 (shuài) drawn as one shape
    率lǜratio; rate; proportion

    率 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    How to write 效率

    效 10 strokes · 率 11 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    效率 (xiàolǜ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 效率 (xiàolǜ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 效率

    Words with 效

    效果xiàoguǒ · result效益xiàoyì · benefit生效shēngxiào · to take effect成效chéngxiào · effect功效gōngxiào · effect

    Words with 率

    坦率tǎnshuài · frank汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate率领shuàilǐng · to lead草率cǎoshuài · careless频率pínlǜ · frequency

    More words: Ideas & Concepts

    特征tèzhēng · characteristic细节xìjié · details现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon象征xiàngzhēng · emblem行为xíngwéi · action形式xíngshì · form形势xíngshì · circumstances形象xíngxiàng · image

    FAQs

    效率 (xiàolǜ) means “efficiency”. It is an HSK 5 word.
    Say it xiàolǜ: xiàolǜ. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 效率 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaolu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 效率 from the suggestions. Typing xiaolu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    效率 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.