HSK 6 · Ideas

成效 chéngxiào “effect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成效 means

  1. effect
  2. result

How to say 成效

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale效xiào4th tone, falling

成效 in a sentence

  1. 经过一年的努力，我们的工作有了成效。

    Jīngguò yì nián de nǔlì, wǒmen de gōngzuò yǒu le chéngxiào.

    After a year of hard work, our efforts have paid off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这种学习方法很有成效。

    Zhè zhǒng xuéxí fāngfǎ hěn yǒu chéngxiào.

    This study method is very effective.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 成效 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 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character
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 成效

成 6 strokes · 效 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 成效

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

Words with 效

效果xiàoguǒ · result效率xiàolǜ · efficiency效益xiàoyì · benefit生效shēngxiào · to take effect功效gōngxiào · effect

More words: Ideas & Concepts

层次céngcì · level差别chābié · difference场合chǎnghé · occasion场面chǎngmiàn · scene冲击chōngjī · impact川流不息chuānliúbùxī · flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)处境chǔjìng · situation出路chūlù · way out

FAQs

成效 (chéngxiào) means “effect” or “result”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngxiào: chéng with a 2nd 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. 成效 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成效 from the suggestions. Typing chengxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成效 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.