使
HSK 3freq #400
Meanings
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- 1.to make
- 2.to cause
- 3.to enable
- 4.to use
- 5.to employ
- 6.to send
- 7.to instruct sb to do sth
- 8.envoy
- 9.messenger
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Wiktionary
- 1.to order (somebody to do something); to send (somebody)
- 2.to put (people) to work
- 3.to let; to make; to cause to
- 4.to use; to employ
- 5.to play; to play with; to resort to; to dally with
- 6.to indulge
- 7.if
- 8.need to [do something]; have to
- 9.need [something]; require; want strongly
- 10.to fuck
- 11.to be sent as an envoy
- 12.envoy; messenger
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs): semantic 亻 + phonetic 吏 (OC *rɯs). However, the phonetic component should add part of the meaning since it represents a hand holding perhaps a flag to mean "representative, ambassador". Compare Burmese စေ (ce, “to order, send someone on an errand”) (Luce, 1981).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
骄傲使人落后。
Pride goes before a fall.
新闻使她不安。
The news distressed her.
恋爱使人盲目。
Love is blind.
她使他長大成人。
She made a man of him.
这使我们更强大。
This makes us stronger.
游泳使腿部强健。
Swimming strengthens the legs.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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