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; Kroll 2015 '使' 2, p. 414; 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; Kroll 2015 '使' 2a, p. 414)
3. shǐ verb to indulge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放纵 (Guoyu '使' v 6; Kroll 2015 '使' 4, p. 414)
4. shǐ noun an emissary; an envoy; ambassador; commissioner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 使 is similar in meaning to 使者, most often as a generic title (Guoyu '使' n; Hucker 1985, p. 421; Kroll 2015 '使' 1a, p. 414; 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; Kroll 2015 '使' 1, p. 414)
6. shǐ verb to dispatch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 派 or 派遣 (Guoyu '使' v 1; Kroll 2015 '使' 1, p. 414; 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; Kroll 2015 '使' 3, p. 414; XHZD '使' 4)
8. shǐ verb to use
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '使' v 5; Kroll 2015 '使' 2a, p. 414; 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

• 遣使 envoy ; sent a messenger
• 使成一体(使成一體) to unify
• 差使 official business; to dispatch ; commissioner ; a criminal
• 使用性 usability
• 使者 an emissary; an envoy
• 特使 special envoy
• 使用者 a user
• 使出 to use; to exert
• 看风使舵(看風使舵) to see the wind and steer accordingly
• 大使级(大使級) ambassadorial
• 劝农使(勸農使) envoy charge with promoting agriculture
• 监狱官使(監獄官使) prison official
• 教廷大使 an ambassador of the church; an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
• 祈使 imperative
• 当枪使(當槍使) to use as a tool
• 使令 to direct; to order ; an attendant
• 官使 a government official
• 使命 a mission ; a task ; responsibility
• 两国相争，不斩来使(兩國相爭，不斬來使) when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys
• 使硬化 to harden
• 使得 to make; to cause ; usable; workable; feasible; doable
• 使使 sent an envoy
• 使节(使節) an envoy ; an envoy's credentials
• 罗曼使(羅曼使) romance; love affair
• 使用数量(使用數量) usage (i.e. extent of use)
• 使醉 to intoxicate
• 设使(設使) in case; if suppose
• 驱使(驅使) to urge; to prompt
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后(虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後) Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)
• 使然 to make it so; to dictate
• 见风使帆(見風使帆) see the wind and set your sails; to act pragmatically
• 诱使(誘使) to lure into; to entrap; to trick into; to entice; to induce; to invite; to tempt
• 公使馆(公使館) embassy (old term); foreign mission
• 使高贵(使高貴) to dignify
• 颐指风使(頤指風使) to order people by pointing the chin; to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
• 使用条款(使用條款) terms of use
• 器使 to assess and use talent
• 循环使用(循環使用) recycle; to use in cyclic order
• 使生气(使生氣) to displease
• 大使 an ambassador ; an envoy
• 和平特使 peace envoy

Also contained in

发运使 、 使用者经验 、 经略使 、 西使记 、 岩仓使节团 、 察访使 、 节度使 、 使役态 、 防御使 、 北使记

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 267
• 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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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: 201
• 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: 182
• 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: 169
• 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

• 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: 8
• 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
• 王使 (王使) 王使尹氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 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: 4
• 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
• 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