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
效益
xiàoyì
benefit; efficiency; effectiveness
Characters in this word
益 yì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果只追求短期效益，企业很可能牺牲长期的研发能力。 Rúguǒ zhǐ zhuīqiú duǎnqī xiàoyì, qǐyè hěn kěnéng xīshēng chángqī de yánfā nénglì. If a company pursues only short-term benefits, it may well sacrifice its long-term research and development capacity.
- 这条生产线改造以后，经济效益明显提高了。 Zhè tiáo shēngchǎnxiàn gǎizào yǐhòu, jīngjì xiàoyì míngxiǎn tígāo le. After the production line was upgraded, its economic efficiency clearly improved.
- 种果树头几年效益不高，农民们还是坚持了下来。 Zhòng guǒshù tóu jǐ nián xiàoyì bù gāo, nóngmínmen háishì jiānchí le xiàlái. In the first few years growing fruit trees the returns were low, but the farmers persisted.
Related words
- 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
- 见效 jiànxiào to take effect; to produce results
- 疗效 liáoxiào curative effect; therapeutic effect
- 生效 shēngxiào to take effect
- 失效 shīxiào to become invalid; to lose effectiveness