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