Chinese word

效率

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiào lǜ

Meaning

  • nounefficiency

Example

我们要提高效率，减少浪费。wǒ men yào tí gāo xiào lǜ jián shǎo làng fèi

We need to improve efficiency and reduce waste.

Illustration for 效率 (efficiency)

More examples

合理安排时间可以提高学习效率。hé lǐ ān pái shí jiān ké yǐ tí gāo xué xí xiào lǜ

Planning your time wisely can improve your learning efficiency.

Core concept

A rate of turning limited resources into useful results under particular conditions.

Common phrases

  • 学习效率xué xí xiào lǜ

    learning efficiency

  • 提高效率tí gāo xiào lǜ

    improve efficiency

  • 生产效率shēng chǎn xiào lǜ

    production efficiency

Similar words

效果xiào guǒ: The effect that an action, method, or treatment produces.
成果chéng guǒ: An achieved result or completed product that comes from effort or a plan.
速度sù dù: How fast a task is done or something moves.

Definition in Chinese

表示在一定条件下完成工作或产生效果的速率或成效，侧重于用最少投入获得尽可能多的产出，常作为衡量生产力或工作效率的指标。biǎo shì zài yí dìng tiáo jiàn xià wán chéng gōng zuò huò chǎn shēng xiào guǒ de sù lǜ huò chéng xiào cè zhòng yú yòng zuì shǎo tóu rù huò dé jín kě néng duō de chǎn chū cháng zuò wéi héng liáng shēng chǎn lì huò gōng zuò xiào lǜ de zhǐ biāo

Word origin

效 (xiào, "effect") names the result or effect, and 率 (lǜ, "rate") marks the proportion used to measure it.

Usage tips

  • The word often appears in everyday discussions of time and work, where a faster result is not automatically more efficient if it requires much more effort or creates more waste.

Opposites

  • 效率低下xiào lǜ dī xiàdecline in efficiencynoun
  • 低效率dī xiào lǜlow efficiencynoun

Related words

  • 高效率gāo xiào lǜhighly efficientadjective

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