Chinese symbol for “efficacy”
效能
xiào néng
efficacy; effectiveness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for efficacy is 效能 (xiào néng), defined as: efficacy; effectiveness.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “efficacy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 功效 | gōng xiào | efficacy |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result; effect |
| 效 | xiào | effect; efficacy |
| 功力 | gōng lì | merit; efficacy |
| 实效 (實效) | shí xiào | actual effect; practical result |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 效能.
| 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 |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
See also: Japanese symbol for “efficacy”.
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.