致使

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (致使)		致	使
simp. #(致使)		致	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ si² / zi³ sai²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tì-sír / tì-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shih³
    • Yale: jr̀-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshyy
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ si² / zi³ sai²
    • Yale: ji sí / ji sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ si² / dzi³ sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ xi² / ji³ sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ siː³⁵/, /t͡siː³³ sɐi̯³⁵/

Note:

• zi3 si2 - literary;
• zi3 sai2 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tì-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tì-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diesuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁵³/

Verb

致使

1. to cause; to result in

Synonyms

• 使到 (shǐdào)
• 使得 (shǐde)
• 導致／导致 (dǎozhì)
• 招致 (zhāozhì)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誘／诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誘發／诱发 (yòufā)
• 造成 (zàochéng)
• 釀成／酿成 (niàngchéng) (a negative outcome)
• 闖／闯 (a negative outcome)

 

Conjunction

致使

1. resulting in; so that

Synonyms

• 以致 (yǐzhì)