會使得

Chinese

		to be able to do something; can; to be permitted to do something to be able to do something; can; to be permitted to do something; may	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (會使得)		會使	得
simp. (会使得)		会使	得

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): ŏ̤-sǎ̤-dă̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-sái-tit / ē-sái-chit / ē-sái-lit / ē-sái-eh

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ŏ̤-sǎ̤-dă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²⁴ sɛ²¹ tɛ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-sái-tit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-sái-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exsay'did
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-sái-chit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-sái-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exsaycid
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-sái-lit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-sái-lit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exsaylid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-sái-eh
    • Tâi-lô: ē-sái-eh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exsayeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ eʔ³²/

Verb

會使得

1. (Northern Min, Southern Min) to be able to do something; can
2. (Northern Min, Southern Min) to be permitted to do something; may

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	會使
Southern Min	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當, 會得, 會得通, 通
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb

Further reading

• “Entry #9592”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.