# 有效 (yǒuxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 有效 (yǒuxiào) means “effective; valid; in effect”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: effective; valid; in effect
- Pinyin: yǒuxiào (you3 xiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 这种药对感冒很有效。
  Zhè zhǒng yào duì gǎnmào hěn yǒuxiào.
  This medicine is very effective for colds.

## Characters

- [有](https://hanziro.com/word/you-have/) (yǒu): to have; there is
- 效 (xiào): to imitate (variant of 效); effect

https://hanziro.com/word/you-xiao-effective/

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