Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "使", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "使", and master the standard way of writing the character "使".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 使
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "使" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / messenger
使 [shǐ]
1. 用: to use; utilize.
Example: ~用 (to make use of).
2. 派,差遣: to send; dispatch.
Example: ~命 (to command).
3. 让,令,叫: to let; make; cause.
Example: 迫~ (to force to do something).
4. 假若: if; in case.
Example: 假~ (if).
5. 奉命办事的人: envoy; messenger.
Example: ~者 (the person who acts on orders).
6. 运用; 使用: to employ; use.
Example: 使费 (to use funds).
7. 使唤; 役使; 支使: to order about; employ.
Example: 使役 (to drive; to compel).
8. 耍弄; 玩弄: to play; to toy with.
Example: 使心用幸 (to use cunning).
9. 出使: to serve as an envoy abroad.
Example: 使人 (the person sent as an envoy).
10. 放纵,任性: to indulge; be willful.
Example: 使脾气 (to throw a tantrum).
11. 可以; 行: may; can.
Example: 使的 (can do it).
12. 主使: to instigate; mastermind.
Example: 为 我之今日 (for today, who helped me).
13. (名) 使者: envoy; messenger.
Example: 使者所用的快车 (the fast car used by envoys).
14. (名) 使命: mission.
Example: 受使至番阳 (assigned to go to a location).
15. (名) 佣人;奴仆: servant.
Example: 那厨役雇的是个乡下小使 (the chef hired a country servant).
16. (名) 官名: official title.
Example: 节度使 (military commander).
17. (名) 姓: surname.
18. 假如; 如果: if.
Example: 向使三国各爱其地 (if the three countries love their own land).
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)