zuò yòng

作用 (zuò yòng) is a Chinese word meaning “to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect”.

Meanings

  1. 1to act on; to affect
  2. 2action; function; activity
  3. 3impact; result; effect
  4. 4purpose; intent
  5. 5(suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 作用

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