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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 生效

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
生效 shēng xiào - to take effect
- to go into effect

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 7,973 7,615 15,961

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
效 xiào- effect
- efficacy
- to imitate
效 xiào- variant of 傚|效[xiao4]
效 xiào- to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])
效 xiào- variant of 效[xiao4]

Other Words Containing 生效

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
生效 6 7 7,973 7,615 15,961