奏效 meaning in English

zòuxiào

to show results; to be effective

HSK 7-919 strokes

Meaning of 奏效

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zòuxiào
  1. to show results; to be effective

奏效 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

它tā不bú会huì奏zòu效xiào。
It won't work.
这zhè条tiáo规guī则zé不bú是shì任rèn何hé情qíng况kuàng下xià都dōu奏zòu效xiào的de。
This rule does not apply in all cases.
那nà对duì他tā依yī然rán奏zòu效xiào。
This still applies to him.
医yī生shēng们men尽jìn力lì控kòng制zhì汤tāng姆mǔ的de病bìng情qíng了le但dàn可kě惜xī无wú法fǎ奏zòu效xiào。
The doctors did all they could to control Tom's disease but, sadly, to no avail.

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奏 zòu · to play music · 9 strokes

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效 xiào · result · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 奏效.

有效yǒuxiàoeffective; in effect
效果xiàoguǒresult; effect
效率xiàolǜefficiency
成效chéngxiàoeffect; result
演奏yǎnzòuto perform on a musical instrument
节奏jiézòurhythm; tempo
无效wúxiàonot valid; ineffective
效力xiàolìeffectiveness; positive effect
失效shīxiàoto fail; to lose effectiveness
生效shēngxiào(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become
效应xiàoyìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
伴奏bànzòuto accompany (musically)

Questions about 奏效

What does 奏效 mean?

奏效 (zòuxiào) means "to show results; to be effective".

How do you write 奏效?

奏效 is made of 2 characters: 奏 (9 strokes), 效 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 奏效 an HSK word?

Yes. 奏效 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.