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作用zuòyòngeffect; role

Theme
Abstract
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
12
Characters
2

How 作用 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

作 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
用 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

这个词的作用是什么？

Zhège cí de zuòyòng shì shénme?

What is the function of this word?

  • 这zhèthis
  • 个gègeneral measure word
  • 词cíword
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 作用zuòyòngeffect; role
  • 是shìto be
  • 什么shénmewhat?

锻炼对身体有很大作用。

Duànliàn duì shēntǐ yǒu hěn dà zuòyòng.

Exercise does the body a great deal of good.

  • 锻炼duànliànto work out
  • 对duìcorrect; towards
  • 身体shēntǐbody; health
  • 有yǒuto have
  • 很hěnvery
  • 大dàbig
  • 作用zuòyòngeffect; role

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 工作gōngzuòto work
  • 作业zuòyèhomework
  • 动作