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

(Hailu, HRS): hau^ˊ go^ˊ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): hao⁵ go³
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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˊ go^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /hau²⁴⁻³³ ko²⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: hao⁵ go³
  - Sinological IPA: /hɔ²¹ ko⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkoir
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ ko⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxkor
  - Sinological 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):

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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 (xiàoguǒ bùzhāng)
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)

References

“效果”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“效果”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “效果”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 274.

Japanese

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 效果 – see the following entry.

【効果こうか】

[noun] effect

[noun] (judo) koka, points or the judge call to the points in the match of Japanese martial art of judo. less points to yuko.

(This term, 效果, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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”)