Chinese word

效仿

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiào fǎng

Meaning

  • verbimitate

Example

孩子喜欢效仿父母的动作。hái zi xǐ huān xiào fǎng fù mǔ de dòng zuò

Children like to imitate their parents' movements.

Illustration for 效仿 (imitate)

More examples

很多创业者选择效仿行业内的成功模式，然后在此基础上改进。hěn duō chuàng yè zhě xuǎn zé xiào fǎng háng yè nèi de chéng gōng mó shì rán hòu zài cǐ jī chǔ shàng gǎi jìn

Many entrepreneurs choose to imitate successful models in their industry and then improve on them.

Core concept

Use another person's words or actions as a model, then reproduce them in order to learn.

Common phrases

  • 效仿成功者xiào fǎng chéng gōng zhě

    imitate successful people

  • 效仿前人xiào fǎng qián rén

    imitate predecessors

  • 效仿他人的做法xiào fǎng tā rén de zuò fǎ

    imitate other people's methods

Similar words

模仿mó fǎng: Doing or saying something in the same way after seeing or hearing it from someone else.
仿效fǎng xiào: Adopting another person's method or a successful example and putting it into practice.

Definition in Chinese

把别人当作榜样，按照对方的言行或做法去模仿和学习。bǎ bié rén dàng zuò bǎng yàng àn zhào duì fāng de yán xíng huò zuò fǎ qù mó fǎng hé xué xí

Word origin

效 (xiào, "follow a model") + 仿 (fǎng, "imitate") combine to express learning by making another person's conduct a model.

Usage tips

  • This verb has a relatively formal, written tone, so it appears more often in careful descriptions than in casual conversation.

Other meanings

  • emulateverb

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