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Definition 2024

特效

特效

Chinese

		male animal; special (-ly); special male animal; special (-ly); special; unusual; extraordinary	effect; efficacy; imitate
simp. and trad. (特效)		特	效

Noun

特效

special efficacy; high effectiveness

Derived terms

特效藥／特效药 (tèxiàoyào)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tèxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ haau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): te̍k-hāu / tia̍k-hāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tèxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak⁶ haau⁶
  - Yale: dahk haauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ haau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² hɑːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deghau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² haʊ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaghau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻²² haʊ⁴¹/