奏 zòu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
奏效
zòuxiào
to take effect; to work
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
- 单纯提高罚款未必奏效，除非执法过程同样公开透明。 Dānchún tígāo fákuǎn wèibì zòuxiào, chúfēi zhífǎ guòchéng tóngyàng gōngkāi tòumíng. Simply increasing fines may not work unless the enforcement process is also open and transparent.
- 这种药很奏效，吃了两天咳嗽就好了。 Zhè zhǒng yào hěn zòuxiào, chīle liǎng tiān késòu jiù hǎole. This medicine works really well; after taking it for two days, the cough was gone.
- 老师的新方法果然奏效，学生们的成绩提高了。 Lǎoshī de xīn fāngfǎ guǒrán zòuxiào, xuéshēngmen de chéngjì tígāole. The teacher's new method really did work; the students' grades improved.
Related words
- 节奏 jiézòu rhythm
- 演奏 yǎnzòu to perform
- 伴奏 bànzòu to accompany; musical accompaniment
- 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