Chinese symbol for “affect”
作用
zuò yòng
to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for affect is 作用 (zuò yòng), defined as: to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用 (yì zhì zuò yòng), inhibition.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “affect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牵动 (牽動) | qiān dòng | to affect; to produce a change in sth |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 波及 | bō jí | to spread to; to involve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 作用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “affect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.