好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 光线 光線 guāng xiàn light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 效应 效應 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon) syn 特技 tè jì special effect / stunt 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 射线 射線 shè xiàn ray 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 红外线 紅外線 hóng wài xiàn infrared ray syn 透视 透視 tòu shì (drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy / to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth / to gain insight syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 成效 chéng xiào effect / result syn 红外 紅外 hóng wài infrared (ray) 特效 tè xiào specially good effect / special efficacy / (cinema etc) special effects syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 紫外线 紫外線 zǐ wài xiàn ultraviolet ray syn 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 施行 shī xíng to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect syn 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect syn 推行 tuī xíng to put into effect / to carry out syn 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 紫外 zǐ wài ultraviolet (ray) syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure syn 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 形变 形變 xíng biàn deformation / bending 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction syn 蓝光 藍光 lán guāng Blu-ray (disc format) 余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn 实效 實效 shí xiào actual effect / practical result / efficacy syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 探伤 探傷 tàn shāng to inspect metal for flaws (using X-ray or ultrasound etc) 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 温室效应 溫室效應 wēn shì xiào yìng greenhouse effect 显效 顯效 xiǎn xiào to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect 卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor syn 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 鳐 鰩 yáo skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish) 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 阴极射线管 陰極射線管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 奴颜婢膝 奴顏婢膝 nú yán bì xī servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor syn 拗断 拗斷 ǎo duàn (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc) 魟 gōng ray (fish) 魟 hōng ray (fish) 魟 hóng ray (fish) / Taiwan pr. [hong1] 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 思前想后 思前想後 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection syn 宇宙射线 宇宙射線 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn cosmic ray 拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language 鯆 fǔ the skate or ray 鲼 鱝 fèn any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order 丙种射线 丙種射線 bǐng zhǒng shè xiàn gamma ray 乙种射线 乙種射線 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) 倒果为因 倒果為因 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart syn 光化作用 guāng huà zuò yòng photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 爱克斯光 愛克斯光 ài kè sī guāng X-ray (loanword) / Röntgen or Roentgen ray 伦琴射线 倫琴射線 lún qín shè xiàn X-ray / Röntgen or Roentgen ray x线片读片灯 x線片讀片燈 x-ray view box / x-ray viewer 光线投射 光線投射 guāng xiàn tóu shè ray-tracing / ray-casting 地震射线 地震射線 seismic raypath / raypath / seismic ray / ray 蓬心 péng xīn narrow and bending / unkempt interior 弯曲机 彎曲機 bending machine 骨牌效应 骨牌效應 gǔ pái xiào yìng domino effect / ripple effect 贸易创造效应 trade creating effect / trade creation effect 不利效应 adverse effect / unwanted effect 不利影响 bù lì yǐng xiǎng adverse effect / unwanted effect 有害作用 yǒu hài zuò yòng adverse effect / unwanted effect 无效应线 無效應線 no-effect line / nil-effect line 抗逆病毒作用 antiretroviral effect / antiviral effect / antiviral activity 