奏效

Chinese

		present a memorial; to achieve; to play	effect; efficacy; imitate
simp. and trad. (奏效)		奏	效

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòuxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau³ haau⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chò͘-hāu / chò-hāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao³ hao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòuxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòusiào
    • Wade–Giles: tsou⁴-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: dzòu-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzowshiaw
    • Palladius: цзоусяо (czousjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau³ haau⁶
    • Yale: jau haauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau³ haau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo³ hao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³³ haːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò͘-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsòo-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zorhau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ hau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirhau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao³ hao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàu hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hau¹¹/

Verb

奏效

1. (intransitive) to show results; to be a success; to be effective

Synonyms

• 收效 (shōuxiào)
• 有效 (yǒuxiào)
• 生效 (shēngxiào)
• 見效／见效 (jiànxiào)