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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects
HSK 3
influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:
HSK 2
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger / harmful effect; damage
HSK 3
effect / result
HSK 5
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
to apply a skin-smoothing effect (in photo editing) / to smooth the skin (cosmetic procedure)
effective / in effect / valid
HSK 3
(idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity)
HSK 7-9
to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect
HSK 7-9
the Doppler effect
fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
to produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired result
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
HSK 7-9
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect)
HSK 7-9
healing efficacy; healing effect
HSK 7-9
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
effect (scientific phenomenon)
HSK 7-9
karma / cause and effect
medicinal effect
to be in effect / in force / current
HSK 7-9
side effect
HSK 7-9
to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure
HSK 7-9
El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *效* | 效* | *效
effect / efficacy / to imitate
animation effect
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标)
greenhouse effect
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
actual effect / practical result / efficacy
spillover effect
(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
HSK 7-9
sound effect
Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)
urban heat island effect
wall effect
Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect
photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
chronic illness / disease that takes effect slowly
(usu. of an adverse effect) immense; considerable; substantial
wondrous effect / marvelous efficacy
impact; effect
special effect / stunt
to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *施* | 施* | *施
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *展* | 展* | *展
to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition
oxygen effect
smoky-effect makeup around the eyes
chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)
akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug) / unable to sit still / hyperactivity / restlessness
photoelectric effect
to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique)
in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect
domino effect / ripple effect
(of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect; to start working
to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart
(desired) effect / (expected) result / effective
medicinal effect
visual effect (abbr. for 視覺效果|视觉效果)
to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
every medicine has its side effect
negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
sound effect
equivalent; equal in effect
consistency effect
position effect
marked effect; strong effect / (cinema, photography, apps etc) special effects; (esp. in apps) filters
to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc)
contaminated milk (esp. milk products adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) / (slang) a jinx effect from praising or supporting sb too much
stochastic effect
lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
to sober up / to sleep off the effect of drink
to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect
drape effect (fashion)
sensational effect / wild reaction
pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc)
after-effect
lighting effect
Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction

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