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失效

shīxiào
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

In Mandarin Chinese, 失效 (shīxiào) means “to expire; to lose effectiveness; invalid”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to expire
  2. to lose effectiveness
  3. invalid

Stroke order

Examples

  • 过期的药物就会失效。
    Guòqī de yàowù jiù huì shīxiào.
    Expired medicine loses its effectiveness.

Characters

失
shī
to lose; to miss
Words with 失
失去消失失败失望失业失误损失丧失
效
xiào
to imitate (variant of 效); effect
Words with 效
效果有效效率成效无效高效功效见效