见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
见效
jiànxiào
to take effect; to produce results
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 这项控烟政策并非立刻见效，但三年后的数据变化相当明显。 Zhè xiàng kòngyān zhèngcè bìngfēi lìkè jiànxiào, dàn sān nián hòu de shùjù biànhuà xiāngdāng míngxiǎn. This tobacco-control policy did not take effect immediately, but the data changed quite clearly after three years.
- 这种药很快就见效了，他的烧退了。 Zhè zhǒng yào hěn kuài jiù jiànxiào le, tā de shāo tuì le. This medicine worked quickly, and his fever went down.
- 学语言要慢慢来，不可能马上见效。 Xué yǔyán yào mànmàn lái, bù kěnéng mǎshàng jiànxiào. Learning a language takes time; it can't show results right away.
Related words
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 常见 chángjiàn common
- 见到 jiàndào to see; to meet
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 碰见 pèngjiàn to meet by chance
- 意见 yìjiàn opinion
- 可见 kějiàn it is clear that
- 梦见 mèngjiàn to dream of