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作用 zuòyòng

作用 zuòyòng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 16 English Translations of the word 作用 zuòyòng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zuòyòng | zuo4 yong4
English translation
to act on
to affect
action
function
activity
impact
result
effect
purpose
intent
to play a role
corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

作用 zuòyòng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 作用 zuòyòng

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zuò

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and zhà represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

亻乍

Number of Strokes

7
yòng

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a bucket with a handle on the right side. The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

jiōng

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 作用 zuòyòng

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bǐng ān suān zài zhuǎn ān 作用 zuòyòng Zhōng 似乎 sìhū shì gēng hǎo de 氨基酸 ān jī suān .

Alanine appears to be the preferred amino acid in the transamination.

现在 xiànzài de 地形 dì xíng 起伏 qǐfú 超过 chāoguò 1000 chě shì xiāo shí 作用 zuòyòng 造成 zàochéng de .

The present relief of more than 1000 ft was due to excavation.

huò suān de 作用 zuòyòng 或起 yán 的作用.

It can behave either as an acid or as a salt.

zài 特殊 tèshū de suān 催化 cuī huà Zhōng , Xiè 的酸不起作用 zuòyòng .

In specific acid catalysis, the undissociated acids do not contribute.

火成 huǒ chéng 碎屑 suì xiè bēng de zuì 危害 wēihài 可能 kěnéng shì 炽热 chì rè 窒息 zhì xī 作用 zuòyòng .

The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation.

作用 zuòyòng Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 作用 zuòyòng and their own compounds.

作用 zuòyòng Compounds

See all 90 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 作用 zuòyòng in their composition.

  • zuò
    • zuó , ,
  • yòng
    • Piān
      • biǎn
        • biǎn
      • biān
        • bèi , bài , bèi , , bèi
      • piàn , biān , biàn , piān , piān , biān , piān , biān , biān , biǎn , bān , piān , biān , biàn , biǎn , piǎn , pián , biān , , , , , , , , , , , , piàn , piàn , 鯿,
    • yōng
      • yōng , yōng , yōng , yōng , yōng , , , , , , , , yōng
    • yǒng
      • tōng
        • , tōng , tōng ,
      • yǒng
      • tòng , yǒng , tǒng , tǒng , sòng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , , , sòng , , ,
    • níng
      • ,
    • yōng , yòng , béng , bèi , , béng , yōng , biě , ,
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