粵

生sang1效haau6

sang1 haau6shēng xiào

English

  1. (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
  2. to become effective; to go into effect

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 開始實行;變得有效

Examples

  • 呢份合約聽日開始生效。

    This contract will come into effect from tomorrow onwards.

  • 歐盟嘅里斯本條約生效,目的係簡化咗歐盟嘅決策。 歐洲理事會嘅第一任主席亦都上任,同埋歐盟嘅新外交政策負責人。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 一项新的法律生效了。

    A new law has come into existence.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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