效法

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (效法/傚法)		效/傚	法
simp. (效法)		效	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàofǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ faat³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): háu-fap

(Hailu, HRS): hau^ˊ fab
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hao⁵ hah⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàofǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàofǎ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-fa³
  - Yale: syàu-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawfaa
  - Palladius: сяофа (sjaofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ faat³
  - Yale: haauh faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² faːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˋ fab^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hau³ fab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹ fap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˊ fab
  - Sinological IPA: /hau²⁴⁻³³ fap⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hao⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic: hao⁴ hah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hāu-hah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau¹¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hao⁵ hah⁶ [Phonetic: hao⁴ hah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/

Verb

效法

to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

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仿效 (fǎngxiào)
仿照 (fǎngzhào)
仿行 (fǎngxíng)
取法 (qǔfǎ)
宗法 (zōngfǎ)
師匠 / 师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
師法 / 师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
憲法 / 宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
憲章 / 宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
效仿 (xiàofǎng)
效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
模仿 (mófǎng)
模效 (móxiào)
步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)