作用(zuò yòng): to act on
HSK 22 characters
to act on
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zuò yòng
- Meaning
- to act on; to affect
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Appears in lessons
作用 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 作用 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
它现在起作用了。
tā xiàn zài qǐ zuò yòng le
It works now.
毛巾完全没起作用。
máo jīn wán quán méi qǐ zuò yòng
The towel wasn't useful at all.
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