作用 zuòyòng▶ Efecto

Stroke order

作用 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 作 — 7 strokes
• 用 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to act on; to affect
2. action; function; activity
3. impact; result; effect
4. purpose; intent

Related words

• 作家escritor
• 作者autor
• 使用Usar, uso
• 动作acción
• 用usar
• 作业deberes, tarea

作用 is pronounced zuòyòng and means “Efecto”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 作用 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.