HSK 6 · Ideas

功效 gōngxiào “effect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 功效 means

  1. effect
  2. efficacy

How to say 功效

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale功gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale效xiào4th tone, falling

功效 in a sentence

  1. 很多人都相信针灸有治愈疾病的功效。

    Hěn duō rén dōu xiāngxìn zhēnjiǔ yǒu zhìyù jíbìng de gōngxiào.

    Many people believe acupuncture is effective in curing illness.

    Sentence #10514116 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 功效 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 功 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
功gōngmeritorious deed or service
  • 工work · gōng
  • 力strength · lì
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 xiào.

How to write 功效

功 5 strokes · 效 10 strokes

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

Words related to 功效

Words with 功

成功chénggōng · success功夫gōngfu · time and effort用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)功能gōngnéng · function气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)功劳gōngláo · credit急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit

Words with 效

效果xiàoguǒ · result效率xiàolǜ · efficiency效益xiàoyì · benefit生效shēngxiào · to take effect成效chéngxiào · effect

More words: Ideas & Concepts

高涨gāozhǎng · to rise格局géjú · structure根源gēnyuán · root格式géshì · format光彩guāngcǎi · glory光辉guānghuī · radiance光荣guāngróng · glory惯例guànlì · convention

FAQs

功效 (gōngxiào) means “effect” or “efficacy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngxiào: gōng with a 1st tone, then xiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 功效 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 功效 from the suggestions. Typing gongxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
功效 is an HSK 6 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.