疗 liáo
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 了 particle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
疗效
liáoxiào
curative effect; therapeutic effect
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
- 新药的疗效需要通过双盲试验来验证，而不能只凭个别病例宣传。 Xīnyào de liáoxiào xūyào tōngguò shuāngmáng shìyàn lái yànzhèng, ér bù néng zhǐ píng gèbié bìnglì xuānchuán. The therapeutic effect of a new drug needs to be verified through double-blind trials, not promoted merely on the basis of individual cases.
- 这种药的疗效很明显，吃了三天他就退烧了。 Zhè zhǒng yào de liáoxiào hěn míngxiǎn, chī le sān tiān tā jiù tuìshāo le. The effect of this medicine is obvious: after three days his fever was gone.
- 医生说这个方法疗效不错，可以继续用下去。 Yīshēng shuō zhège fāngfǎ liáoxiào búcuò, kěyǐ jìxù yòng xiàqù. The doctor said this method works quite well and can be continued.
Related words
- 疗养 liáoyǎng to recover; to rest for health
- 医疗 yīliáo medical care
- 治疗 zhìliáo medical treatment
- 疗法 liáofǎ therapy; treatment method
- 效果 xiàoguǒ effect; result
- 有效 yǒuxiào effective; valid
- 效率 xiàolǜ efficiency
- 成效 chéngxiào result; effect
- 功效 gōngxiào efficacy, effect
- 效应 xiàoyìng effect
- 长效 chángxiào long-acting; long-term effect
- 绩效 jìxiào performance; performance results