HSK 6 · Society

生效 shēngxiào “to take effect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 生效 means

  1. to take effect
  2. to come into force
  3. (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force
  4. to go into effect
  5. to become operative

How to say 生效

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st 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

生效 in a sentence

  1. 一项新的法律生效了。

    Yí xiàng xīn de fǎlǜ shēngxiào le.

    A new law has come into effect.

    Sentence #13878938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 生效 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 生 (shēng) drawn as one shape
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce

生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.

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 生效

生 5 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.

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

Words related to 生效

Words with 生

医生yīshēng · doctor学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr大学生dàxuéshēng · university student小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student生日shēngrì · birthday生病shēngbìng · to get sick生气shēngqì · angry女生nǚshēng · female student

Words with 效

效果xiàoguǒ · result效率xiàolǜ · efficiency效益xiàoyì · benefit成效chéngxiào · effect功效gōngxiào · effect

More words: Society & Law

人质rénzhì · hostage骚扰sāorǎo · to harass申报shēnbào · to declare审查shěnchá · to examine盛行shèngxíng · to be popular审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community

FAQs

生效 (shēngxiào) means “to take effect” or “to come into force”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēngxiào: shēng 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. 生效 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 生效 from the suggestions. Typing shengxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
生效 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.