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效率 xiàolǜ

效率 xiàolǜ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 效率 xiàolǜ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàolǜ | xiao4 lü4
English translation
efficiency

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Traditional form

效率 xiàolǜ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 效率 xiàolǜ

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xiào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiào .

Phonetic compound

jiāo

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

交攵

Number of Strokes

10

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a rope () surrounded by four dots. Originally depicted a type of rope. The meaning later shifted to "lead".

Positional decomposition

tóu ⿱⿻ yāo shí

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 效率 xiàolǜ

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shì 效率 xiàolǜ hěn Gāo de 编辑 biānjí .

She is an editorial powerhouse.

管理人员 Zhōng 办事效率 Gāo de bèi 清除 qīngchú le 出去 chū qù .

Inefficient personnel were cleaned out of the management.

独自 dú zì 一人工作效率 gēng Gāo .

I work more efficiently on my own.

资方 zī fāng 工人 gōngrén 之间 zhī jiān de 冲突 chōngtū 使得 shǐ de 工厂 gōngchǎng 生产 shēngchǎn 效率 xiàolǜ hěn .

Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace.

分配 fēnpèi zhì 部分 bùfen de 体现 tǐxiàn le 经济学家 jīng jì xué jiā duì 效率 xiàolǜ de 关心 guānxīn .

In part, the system of allocations embodies the efficiency concerns of economists.

效率 xiàolǜ Decomposition

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效率 xiàolǜ Compounds

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