Chinese symbol for “effective”
有效
yǒu xiào
effective; in effect; valid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for effective is 有效 (yǒu xiào), defined as: effective; in effect; valid.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “effective”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵 (靈) | líng | quick; alert |
| 好用 | hǎo yòng | useful; serviceable |
| 灵验 (靈驗) | líng yàn | efficacious; effective |
| 灵通 (靈通) | líng tōng | fast and abundant (news); clever |
| 有作用 | yǒu zuò yòng | effective; to have impact |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有效.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result; effect |
| 效应 (效應) | xiào yìng | effect (scientific phenomenon) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “effective”.
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.