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效法

效法

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (效法)		效	法

Verb

效法

to follow the example of; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

取法 (qǔfǎ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàofǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): háu-fap
Min Nan (POJ): hāu-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàofǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawfaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ faat³
  - Yale: haauh faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ faat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯²² fɑːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau` fab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hau³ fab⁵
  - IPA: /ha̯u³¹ fap̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/