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HSK 3 - Medium
8 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

使

shǐ

Definition

  1. to make
    讀書使我快樂。
    Reading makes me happy.
  2. to cause
    他妻子的死使他傷心已極。
    His wife's death also broke his heart. (caused his heart to break)
  3. to enable
  4. to instruct (someone to do something)
  5. to send (somebody)
  6. to tell somebody to do something
  7. to use
    我使一下你的小勺好嗎
    Can I use your spoon for a while?
  8. to apply
  9. to employ
  10. envoy
    總統派了一名使參加和平談判。
    The president dispatched an envoy to the peace talks.
  11. messenger

Character Decomposition

使

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