副作用 (fùzuòyòng): side effect

Measure Word

一种副作用 zhǒng

Meanings

1 side effect
2 adverse reaction

Characters

Examples

这种药有什么副作用？

Zhè zhǒng yào yǒu shénme fùzuòyòng?

What are the side effects of this medicine?

新政策也带来了一些副作用。

Xīn zhèngcè yě dàilái le yīxiē fùzuòyòng.

The new policy also brought some side effects.

Tips

memory

副 (secondary) + 作用 (effect) = side effect. Think of it as the 'secondary effect' of something, not the intended main effect.

Stroke Order

副 fù

作 zuò

用 yòng

Related Words

作用 zuòyòng HSK 2 #1,563

function / effect / role

用作 yòngzuò #12,029

to use as / to serve as

服用 fúyòng HSK 7 #4,488

to take (medicine) / to administer orally

发作 fāzuò HSK 7 #3,879

to flare up / to have an attack (of illness) / to break out

备用 bèiyòng HSK 7 #5,147

spare; backup; reserve

作弊 zuòbì HSK 7 #4,346

to cheat / to commit fraud

振作 zhènzuò HSK 7 #3,965

to pull oneself together / to brace up / to summon up (courage, spirit)

所作所为 suǒzuòsuǒwéi HSK 7 #3,554

one's actions / one's conduct / what one has done

管用 guǎnyòng HSK 7 #2,730

effective / useful / to work (of a method)

称作 chēngzuò HSK 7 #5,755

to be called / to be known as / to be referred to as