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Meaning of 使

Pinyin shǐ

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / messenger

Usage

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使 [shǐ] 1. 用: to use; to employ 例如: 用力 (to exert force)；使用 (to use) 2. 派，差遣: to send; to dispatch 例如: 派遣 (to dispatch)；差使 (to assign) 3. 让，令，叫: to let; to make; to cause 例如: 迫使 (to compel) 4. 假若: if; in case 例如: 假如 (if) 5. 奉命办事的人: envoy; messenger 例如: 使者 (envoy)；公使 (minister) 使 [shǐ] 1. 同本义: same as the original meaning (order) 例如: 命令 (command) 2. 派遣: to send; to dispatch 例如: 差遣 (to send) 3. 致使;让;叫: to let; make; cause 例如: 使人贫困 (to make someone poor) 4. 运用;使用: to use; employ 例如: 使用 (to employ) 5. 使唤;役使;支使: to order about; to cause to work 例如: 使唤 (to order someone about) 6. 耍弄;玩弄: to play; to toy with 例如: 使酒 (to indulge in drinking) 7. 出使: to serve as an envoy abroad 例如: 出使 (to be an envoy) 8. 放纵，任性: to indulge 例如: 使性 (to act rashly) 9. 可以，行: can; may 例如: 使的 (may) 10. 主使: to instigate 例如: 主使 (to instigate) 使 [shǐ] 1. 使者: envoy; messenger 例如: 使者 (messenger) 2. 使命: mission 例如: 使命 (mission) 3. 佣人;奴仆: servant 例如: 使下 (servant) 4. 官名。负责某种政务的官员: official 例如: 节度使 (military governor) 5. 姓: surname 6. 假如;如果: if 例如: 如果 (if) *Note: The above definitions are essential meanings and usage examples of the character "使".

使君 shǐ jūn

Envoy

唆使 suō shǐ

instigate / abet / incite

使唤 shǐ huàn

to order sb about / to use sb

役使 yì shǐ

to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor

按察使 àn chá shǐ

Press

掺杂使假 càn zá shǐ jiǎ

mix in the infenion or fake

枢密使 shū mì shǐ

Privy envoy

即使 jí shǐ

even if / even though

使得 shǐ de

usable / workable / feasible / doable / to make / to cause

行使 xíng shǐ

to exercise (a right etc)

大使 dà shǐ

ambassador / envoy / CL:名[ming2],位[wei4]

节度使 jié dù shǐ

Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song

致使 zhì shǐ

to cause / to result in

促使 cù shǐ

to induce / to promote / to urge / to impel / to bring about / to provoke / to drive (sb to do sth) / to catalyze / to actuate / to contribute to (some development)

迫使 pò shǐ

to force / to compel

使命 shǐ mìng

mission (diplomatic or other) / set task

使劲 shǐ jìn

to exert all one's strength

使者 shǐ zhě

emissary / envoy

公使 gōng shǐ

minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations

倘使 tǎng shǐ

if / in case

假使 jiǎ shǐ

if / in case / suppose / given ...

使馆 shǐ guǎn

consulate / diplomatic mission

使节 shǐ jié

(diplomatic) envoy

使出 shǐ chū

to use / to exert

遣使 qiǎn shǐ

to dispatch an envoy

出使 chū shǐ

to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission

盐铁使 yán tiě shǐ

Salt iron

纵使 zòng shǐ

even if / even though

使用 shǐ yòng

to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of

使臣 shǐ chén

envoy

见风使舵 jiàn fēng shǐ duò

lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

公使衔 gōng shǐ xián

Ministerial title

诱使 yòu shǐ

to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt

不辱使命 bù rǔ shǐ mìng

have succeeded in carrying out an assignment

逼使 bī shǐ

obtrude / put to it

遣唐使 qiǎn táng shǐ

diplomats to the Tang Dynasty

颐指气使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ

lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy

使馆区 shǐ guǎn qū

embassy area / embassy district / legation quarter

大使馆 dà shǐ guǎn

embassy / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]

使领馆 shǐ lǐng guǎn

embassy and consulate

驱使 qū shǐ

to urge / to prompt / to spur on / to order sb about