效 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 交 to connect 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
效率
xiàolǜ
efficiency
Characters in this word
率 lù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 玄 — deep, profound, abstruse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他效率很高。 Tā xiàolǜ hěn gāo. He is very efficient.
- 效率很重要。 Xiàolǜ hěn zhòngyào. Efficiency is very important.
- 提高学习效率。 Tígāo xuéxí xiàolǜ. Improve your study efficiency.
Related words
- 效果 xiàoguǒ effect; result
- 有效 yǒuxiào effective; valid
- 成效 chéngxiào result; effect
- 汇率 huìlǜ exchange rate
- 率先 shuàixiān to be the first
- 率领 shuàilǐng to lead
- 工程 gōngchéng engineering project
- 操作 cāozuò to operate
- 采访 cǎifǎng to interview
- 汇报 huìbào to report
- 待遇 dàiyù pay and benefits
- 负担 fùdān burden; to bear