Function in Chinese
function · HSK 4
作用
- 作 to do
- 用 to use
这种药对感冒很有作用。 This medicine is very effective for colds.
Other ways to say function
More words with 作 or 用
How do you say function in Chinese?
Function in Chinese is 作用 (zuò yòng). You can also say 功能 (gōng néng), 性能 (xìng néng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.