Chinese symbol for “effectiveness”
效力
xiào lì
effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for effectiveness is 效力 (xiào lì), defined as: effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “effectiveness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 效益 | xiào yì | benefit; effectiveness |
| 效能 | xiào néng | efficacy; effectiveness |
| 效用 | xiào yòng | usefulness; effectiveness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 效力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有效 | yǒu xiào | effective; in effect |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result; effect |
| 效应 (效應) | xiào yìng | effect (scientific phenomenon) |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency |
| 生效 | shēng xiào | (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative |
| 无效 (無效) | wú xiào | not valid; ineffective |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “effectiveness”.
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.