使役

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	service
simp. and trad. (使役)		使	役
anagram		役使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhyì
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-i⁴
    • Yale: shř-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyyih
    • Palladius: шии (šii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² jik⁶
    • Yale: sí yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ jɪk̚²/

Verb

使役

1. to make ... work; to put to work (servant or animal)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	役
し Grade: 3	えき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

使(し)役(えき) • (shieki) 

1. setting to work, enslavement
2. (linguistics) causative form of a verb

Derived terms

• 使役動詞(しえきどうし) (shiekidōshi): (linguistics) a causative verb