作用

作用 in English

zuò yòng noun, verb HSK 4: 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

Character breakdown

作 zuò to do
用 yòng to use

Stroke order

Le caractère 作 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 作

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 用 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 用

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

作

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

用

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 19 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

他在麻醉剂的作用下，他失去了知觉。

He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
刚才我的麦克风没起作用，不知道为什麽。

For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.
在麻醉剂的作用下，他昏了过去。

He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
我好奇耳垂有什么作用。

I wonder what ear lobes are for.
汤川博士在科学研究上起了很重要的作用。

Dr. Yukawa played an important part in the scientific study.
电视在日常生活中起着重要的作用。

TV plays an important part in everyday life.
这药没有副作用。

This medicine has no side effects.

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