| 效 | 884C15 60S.82-9 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄒㄧㄠˋ [xiao4] . [Cf.  60S.50] | ||
| N. | (1) Result, effect, function: 功效 effect, efficacy (of medicine); 效能，效用，效驗 [xiao4neng2], [xiao4yong4], [xiao4yan4]↓; 生效，不生效 produce, do not produce effect; 靈效 adj., efficacious, effective. (2) Validity: 有效 be valid; also effective; 無效 invalid, also ineffective. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To imitate, learn from model: 仿效 make an imitation copy of (an old master), follow example of (person). (2) To render service, give one's best: 效力，效忠，效勞 [xiao4li4], [xiao4zhong1], [xiao4lao2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 效誠 [xiao4cheng2], v.i., to render one's loyalty (to person, country). 2. 效法 [xiao4fa3] ([xiao4fa0]), v.t., to learn (from s. o.) as an example: 效法於他 learn from him as an example. 3. 效果 [xiao4guo3], n., effect, result (of work, effort, teaching, etc.): 生出效果 produce results; 不良的效果 bad results. 4. 效忠 [xiao4zhong1], v.i., see [xiao4cheng2]↑. 5. 效勞 [xiao4lao2], v.i., render service (to country, person): 效勞國家 or 於國家 (also wr. 效). 6. 效力 [xiao4li4], (1) v.i., render service, put forth strength and energy; (2) n., result: 沒什麼效力 do not see any change, results (also wr. 效). 7. 效率 [xiao4lU4], n., efficiency. 8. 效命 [xiao4ming4], v.i., to render service: 效命疆場 serve on the battlefield. 9. 效能 [xiao4neng2], n., efficacy; function; capacity. 10. 效顰 [xiao4pin2], v.i., to learn unworthily to ape what one is not good at (from allu. "ape the knitted brows" of a famous beauty 西施 by an ugly woman 東施). 11. 效驗 [xiao4yan4], n., efficacy. 12. 效用 [xiao4yong4], n., effect, results, function. | |||||