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)

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  • 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