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效用

效用

See also: 効用

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	to use
simp. and trad. (效用)		效	用

Noun

效用

usefulness, effectiveness; utility

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàoyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ jung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hāu-iōng / hāu-ēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàoyòng → xiàoyong (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄥˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄥ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw.yonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ʊŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: haauh yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ jung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯²² jʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxiong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/