效果

See also: 効果

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (效果)		效	果
anagram		果效

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàoguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ gwo²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): háu-kó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-kó / hāu-kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁷ guê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàoguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-kuo³
    • Yale: syàu-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawguoo
    • Palladius: сяого (sjaogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ gwo²
    • Yale: haauh gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu-kó
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˋ go^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau³ go³
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹ ko³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ ko⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁷ guê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hāu kué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau¹¹ kue⁵²/

Noun

效果

1. effect; result; outcome

   雙方合作互動，效果良好。 [MSC, trad.]
   双方合作互动，效果良好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shuāngfāng hézuò hùdòng, xiàoguǒ liánghǎo. [Pinyin]

   The two parties worked well together.

2. (theater, film, television) sound and lighting effects

Usage notes

• This is chiefly a positive term. For negative results 後果／后果 (hòuguǒ) and 惡果／恶果 (èguǒ) are used.
• Unlike Japanese, 效應／效应 (xiàoyìng) is used instead to refer to a scientific phenomenon. (Compare Chinese 溫室效應 / 温室效应 (wēnshì xiàoyìng) and Japanese 温室効果.)

Synonyms

• (effect):

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• 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 後果 / 后果 (hòuguǒ) (chiefly negative)
• 惡果 / 恶果 (èguǒ) (negative)
• 效應 / 效应 (xiàoyìng) (chiefly in biology, chemistry)
• 歸結 / 归结 (guījié)
• 產物 / 产物 (chǎnwù) (figurative)
• 結局 / 结局 (jiéjú)
• 結果 / 结果

Derived terms

• 反效果 (fǎnxiàoguǒ)
• 效果不彰
• 效果器 (xiàoguǒqì)
• 特殊效果 (tèshū xiàoguǒ)
• 視覺效果 / 视觉效果 (shìjué xiàoguǒ)
• 音響效果 / 音响效果

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (效果):

• → Japanese: 效果(こうか) (kōka)
• → Korean: 효과(效果) (hyogwa)
• → Vietnamese: hiệu quả (效果)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
效	果
こう Hyōgai	か Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

效(こう)果(か) • (kōka) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 効果 (“effect”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
效	果

Noun

效果 • (hyogwa) (hangeul 효과)

1. hanja form^? of 효과 (“result, effect”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
效	果

Adjective

效果

1. chữ Hán form of hiệu quả (“effective”).