效果

See also: 効果

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (效果)		效	果
anagram		果效

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàoguǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ gwo²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): háu-kó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hāu-kó / hāu-kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁷ guê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoguǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàoguǒ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-kuo³
  - Yale: syàu-gwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawguoo
  - Palladius: сяого (sjaogo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ gwo²
  - Yale: haauh gwó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ gwo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ guo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu-kó
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˋ go^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hau³ go³
  - Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹ ko³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkoir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ ko⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hao⁷ guê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hāu kué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau¹¹ kue⁵²/

Noun

效果

effect; result; outcome
雙方合作互動，效果良好。 [MSC, trad.]
双方合作互动，效果良好。 [MSC, simp.]
Shuāngfāng hézuò hùdòng, xiàoguǒ liánghǎo. [Pinyin]
The two parties worked well together.
(theater, film, television) sound and lighting effects

Usage notes

This is chiefly a positive term. For negative results 後果／后果 (hòuguǒ) and 惡果／恶果 (èguǒ) are used.
Unlike Japanese, 效應／效应 (xiàoyìng) is used instead to refer to a scientific phenomenon. (Compare Chinese 溫室效應 / 温室效应 (wēnshì xiàoyìng) and Japanese 温室効果.)

Synonyms

(effect):

分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
後果 / 后果 (hòuguǒ) (chiefly negative)
惡果 / 恶果 (èguǒ) (negative)
效應 / 效应 (xiàoyìng) (chiefly in biology, chemistry)
歸結 / 归结 (guījié)
產物 / 产物 (chǎnwù) (figurative)
結局 / 结局 (jiéjú)
結果 / 结果

Derived terms

反效果 (fǎnxiàoguǒ)
效果不彰
效果器 (xiàoguǒqì)
特殊效果 (tèshū xiàoguǒ)
視覺效果 / 视觉效果 (shìjué xiàoguǒ)
音響效果 / 音响效果

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (效果):

→ Japanese: 效果(こうか) (kōka)
→ Korean: 효과(效果) (hyogwa)
→ Vietnamese: hiệu quả (效果)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
效	果
こう Hyōgai	か Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

效(こう)果(か) • (kōka)

Kyūjitai form of 効果 (“effect”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
效	果

Noun

效果 • (hyogwa) (hangeul 효과)

hanja form^? of 효과 (“result, effect”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
效	果

Adjective

效果

chữ Hán form of hiệu quả (“effective”)