How to say “efficiency” in Chinese
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“Efficiency” in Chinese is 效率, xiào lǜ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
效率 is read xiào lǜ: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 交 jiāo hints at the sound, just as in 校 xiào.
Second reading: shuài, “to lead”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “效率”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 效率. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 他的工作效率很高。tādegōngzuòxiàolǜhěngāoHe works very efficiently.
- 我们要想办法提高工作效率wǒmenyàoxiǎngbànfǎtígāogōngzuòxiàolǜWe need to find a way to make our work more efficient.
- 我们改进了方法，从而提高了效率。wǒmengǎijìnlefāngfǎ,cóng’értígāolexiàolǜWe improved the method and thereby raised efficiency.
More words from the lesson “Working efficiently”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “efficiency” in Chinese?
“Efficiency” in Chinese is 效率, pinyin xiàolǜ.
What does 效率 mean?
效率 (xiàolǜ) means “efficiency”.
How do you write 效率?
效率 is 2 characters: 效 (xiào) — effect, result; 率 (lǜ) — rate, ratio. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 效率?
效率 is read xiàolǜ. Tones: xiào — fourth tone, lǜ — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“efficiency” in the lesson “Working efficiently”
This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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