# 仿效
## Chinese

| | | to imitate; to copy | effect; efficacy; imitate |
| trad. (仿效/仿傚/倣效/倣傚) | trad. (仿效/仿傚/倣效/倣傚) | 仿/倣 | 效/傚 |
| simp. (仿效) | simp. (仿效) | 仿 | 效 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 彷效 仿効 | 彷效 仿効 |
| anagram | anagram | 效仿 | 效仿 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎngxiào
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$ haau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóng-hāu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎngxiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎngsiào
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^3$-hsiao$^4$
*** Yale: fǎng-syàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faangshiaw
*** Palladius: фансяо (fansjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^2$ haau$^6$
*** Yale: fóng haauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$ haau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$ hao$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵ haːu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng-hāu
*** Tâi-lô: hóng-hāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hofnghau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
* Middle Chinese: phjangX haewH
Rime :
| Character | 仿 | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 妃兩切 | 胡敎切 |
| Baxter | phjangX | haewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉɐŋ$^X$/ | /ɦˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷiɐŋ$^X$/ | /ɦᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuɑŋ$^X$/ | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuaŋ$^X$/ | /ɦaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuaŋ$^X$/ | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwaŋ$^X$/ | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰiwaŋ$^X$/ | /ɣau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǎng | xiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^2$ | haau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋʔ ɡreːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hæw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[k]ˁraw-s/ |
| English | imitate, follow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 仿 | 效 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3045 | 6329 |
| Phonetic component | 方 | 交 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 髣 | 效 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰaŋʔ/ | /*ɡreːws/ |

### Verb

仿效
* to imitate; to emulate
    隨之仿效／随之仿效 ― suí zhī fǎngxiào ― to follow suit
* to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after

#### Synonyms

* (imitate):
* 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
* 擬／拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
* 模仿 (mófǎng)
* 模擬／模拟 (mónǐ)
* 臨摹／临摹 (línmó) (a model of calligraphy, painting, etc.)
* 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ) (literary)
* (follow the example of):
* 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
* 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
* 取法 (qǔfǎ)
* 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
* 師匠／师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
* 師法／师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
* 憲法／宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
* 憲章／宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
* 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
* 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
* 效法 (xiàofǎ)
* 模仿 (mófǎng)
* 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
* 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
* 視／视 (shì) (archaic)
* 範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
* 觀象／观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
* 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)