使人

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (使人)		使	人

Etymology 1

From 使 (shǐ) meaning "to cause".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² jan⁴
    • Yale: sí yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ŋin¹¹/

Verb

使人

1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)

Synonyms

• 發人／发人 (fārén)
• 令人 (lìngrén)

Etymology 2

From 使 (shǐ) meaning "to send".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐrén, shìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ngìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-jên²
    • Yale: shř-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shr̀-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhren
    • Palladius: шижэнь (šižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世人 士人 示人 使人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ jan⁴
    • Yale: si yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ ŋin¹¹/

Verb

使人

1. (literary) to send someone

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 使人

1. (literary) servant
2. (literary) emissary; envoy; messenger

Synonyms

• (servant):

(deprecated template usage)

• 傭人／佣人
• 僕人／仆人 (púrén)
• 僕役／仆役 (púyì)
• 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
• 太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
• 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú)
• 奴役 (núyì) (literary)
• 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
• 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
• 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
• 蒼頭／苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)