速效 (sù xiào) — quick effect, fast-acting result

Definition

noun

quick effectfast-acting result

速效。
Zhè zhǒng sù xiào yào xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.
This kind of fast-acting medicine works very well.
速效。
sù xiào Jiù xīn wán néng xùn sù huǎn jiě zhèng zhuàng.
The quick-acting heart pill can rapidly relieve symptoms.
速效，。
Zhè zhǒng jiǎn féi fāng fǎ shuō shì sù xiào de, qí shí méi yòng.
This weight-loss method claims to be quick-acting, but it's actually useless.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

速 quick and 效 effect combine as quick effect.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

束

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

速 pairs 辵, the walking part, with 束, which is used for its sound; the walking part fits the meaning of moving fast.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

交攵效

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūto strike; action

Sound part声符shēngfú

交

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

效 pairs 攵 (written in full as 攴), meaning “to strike; action,” with 交, which gives the sound.