使 shǐ

1. shǐ verb to make / to cause
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 让； in literary Chinese, 使 can act as a transitive verb with two objects in a pivot construction. The first object is a noun and the second object is a verb phrase. The pattern is A 使 B C, where A is the subject, B is a noun, and C is a verb phrase (Guoyu '使' v 2; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 40-41; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 3)
2. shǐ verb to make use of for labor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 役使 (Guoyu '使' v 3)
3. shǐ verb to indulge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放纵 (Guoyu '使' v 6)
4. shǐ noun an emissary / an envoy / an ambassador
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 使 is similar in meaning to 使者 (Guoyu '使' n; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 5)
5. shǐ verb to be sent on a diplomatic mission
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 出使 (Guoyu '使' v 7)
6. shǐ verb to dispatch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 派 or 派遣 (Guoyu '使' v 1; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 2)
7. shǐ conjunction if
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 使 is similar in meaning to 假如 to 如果 (Guoyu '使' conj; XHZD '使' 4)
8. shǐ verb to use
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '使' v 5; XHZD '使' 1)
9. shǐ verb to be able to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 可, as in 使不得 (Guoyu '使' v 4)

Contained in

• 使用 to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
• 即使 even if / even though
• 大使 an ambassador ; an envoy
• 促使 to spur on / to urge / to cause / to bring about
• 使命 a mission ; a task ; responsibility
• 使得 to make / to cause ; usable / workable / feasible / doable
• 大使馆(大使館) embassy
• 假使 if
• 使劲(使勁) to exert all one's strength
• 使用性 usability
• 迫使 to force
• 使节(使節) an envoy
• 行使 to exercise
• 致使 to cause
• 特使 special envoy
• 驻外使(駐外使) diplomatic envoy / diplomatic mission / embassy
• 主使 to instigate
• 祈使句(祈使句) an imperative sentence
• 使者 an emissary / an envoy
• 祈使 imperative
• 使令 to direct / to order
• 役使 to put a servant or animal to work / to make use of for labor
• 驱使(驅使) to urge / to prompt
• 使馆(使館) a consulate
• 出使 to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission
• 使用者 a user
• 使役 causative
• 设使(設使) in case / if suppose
• 遣使 to dispatch an envoy
• 使成 to cause / to render
• 转运使(轉運使) Shipping Administrator
• 使唤(使喚) to order somebody
• 合理使用 fair use

Also contained in

北使记 、 西使记 、 节度使 、 使役态 、 正使 、 阎罗王五天使者经 、 结使 、 底哩三昧耶不动尊威怒王使者念诵法 、 不动使者陀罗尼秘密法 、 胜军不动明王四十八使者秘密成就仪轨 、 播般曩结使波金刚念诵仪 、 使呪法经 、 大使呪法经 、 佛使比丘迦旃延说法没尽偈百二十章 、 北魏僧惠生使西域记 、 五利使 、 未生的恶法，使它不生 、 已生的恶法，使它断除

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 274
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 263
• 卷六十　　表第二:　交聘表上 Volume 60 Tables 2: Communication between States 1 History of Jin 《金史》 — count: 259
• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 209
• 卷六十一　表第三:　交聘表中 Volume 61 Tables 3: Communication between States 2 History of Jin 《金史》 — count: 196
• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 《元史》 — count: 183
• 卷三十八　志第十九:　禮十一 外國使入見儀 曲宴儀 朝辭儀 新定夏使儀注 Volume 38 Treatises 19: Rites 11 - Ceremonies for Receiving Foreign Emissaries; Music for Banquets; Farewell Rituals; Ceremonies for Newly Appointed Officials History of Jin 《金史》 — count: 174
• 卷四百六十六 列傳第二百二十五 宦者一 竇神寶 王仁睿 王繼恩 李神福弟:神祐 劉承規 閻承翰 秦翰 周懷政 張崇貴 張繼能 衛紹欽 石知顒孫:全彬 鄧守恩 Volume 466 Biographies 225: Eunuchs 1 - Dou Shenbao, Wang Renrui, Wang Jien, Li Shenfu and younger brother: Shen You, Liu Chenggui, Yan Chenghan, Qin Han, Zhou Huaizheng, Zhang Chonggui, Zhang Jineng, Wei Shaoqin, Shi Zhiyong and grandson: Quan Bin, Deng Shouen History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 161
• 卷八十六　志第三十六: 　百官二 Volume 86 Treatises 39: Official Posts 2 History of Yuan 《元史》 — count: 150
• 卷一百十九 志第七十二 禮二十二 Volume 119 Treatises 72: Rites 22 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 142

Collocations

• 伯使 (伯使) 鄭伯使宛來歸祊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 天王使 (天王使) 天王使宰咺來歸惠公仲子之賵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 子使 (子使) 邾子使私於公子豫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 侯使 (侯使) 齊侯使其弟年來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 使家父 (使家父) 天王使家父來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 人使 (人使) 衛人使右宰醜涖殺州吁于濮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 使宰 (使宰) 天王使宰咺來歸惠公仲子之賵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 使其弟 (使其弟) 齊侯使其弟年來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 使䓕 (使薳) 使薳章求成焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 使告 (使告) 使告於宋曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2