# 生效 (shēngxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 生效 (shēngxiào) means “to take effect; to come into force”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take effect; to come into force
- Pinyin: shēngxiào (sheng1 xiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这份合同签字后正式生效。
  Zhè fèn hétong qiānzì hòu zhèngshì shēngxiào.
  This contract officially takes effect once signed.

## Characters

- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw
- 效 (xiào): to imitate (variant of 效); effect

https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-xiao-take-effect/

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