效应

效應

xiàoyìng

noun HSK 7-9 #7,130

Meanings

HSK 5

蝴蝶效应说明小事也能引起大变化。

Húdié xiàoyìng shuōmíng xiǎoshì yě néng yǐnqǐ dà biànhuà.

The butterfly effect shows that small things can cause big changes.

HSK 7-9

温室效应导致全球变暖。

Wēnshì xiàoyìng dǎozhì quánqiú biànnuǎn.

The greenhouse effect causes global warming.

usage

效应 is used for named effects or phenomena, especially in science: 温室效应 (greenhouse effect), 蝴蝶效应 (butterfly effect), 多米诺效应 (domino effect).

效 xiào

应 yīng