Chinese symbol for “efficiency”
效率
xiào lǜ
efficiency
The closest CC-CEDICT match for efficiency is 效率 (xiào lǜ), defined as: efficiency.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “efficiency”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 效率.
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 频率 (頻率) | pín lǜ | frequency |
| 汇率 (匯率) | huì lǜ | exchange rate |
| 率先 | shuài xiān | to take the lead; to show initiative |
See also: Japanese symbol for “efficiency”.
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.