高效

gāoxiào

adjective HSK 7-9 #14,627

Meanings

1 highly efficient
2 high-performance

Characters

effect; efficiency

Examples

我们需要找到更高效的工作方式。

Wǒmen xūyào zhǎodào gèng gāoxiào de gōngzuò fāngshì.

We need to find a more efficient way of working.

这台机器非常高效。

Zhè tái jīqì fēicháng gāoxiào.

This machine is very efficient.

Tips

memory

高 (high) + 效 (efficiency) = highly efficient. The opposite is 低效 (inefficient). Both are used as attributive adjectives: 高效率 is the full form, 高效 is the abbreviation.

Stroke Order

高 gāo

效 xiào