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作用

zuò yòng

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Radical
Strokes12
HSK 4
Definitions
v
  • to act on; to affect
n
  • action; function; activity
  • impact; result; effect
  • purpose; intent
  • (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
Examples

外界的事物作用于我们的感觉器官,在我们的头脑中形成形象。

wàijiè de shìwù zuòyòng yú wǒmen de gǎnjué qìguān, zài wǒmen de tóunǎo zhōng xíngchéng xíngxiàng

External things act upon our sense organs and form images in our minds

同化作用

tónghuà zuòyòng

assimilation

消化作用

xiāohuà zuòyòng

digestion

Strokes: 12HSK 4Frequency #9763Verified