作用 in English zuo4 yong4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to act on
  • to affect
  • action
  • function
  • activity
  • impact
  • result
  • effect
  • purpose
  • intent
  • (suffix) -ation, -tion and so on, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition

Simplified Characters

作 用

Traditional Characters

作 用

Pinyin

zuo4 yong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

作zuo4worker 用yong4to use