使得

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	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
simp. and trad. (使得)		使	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐde

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² dak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-tet
• Northern Min (KCR): sǎ̤-dă̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sír-tiak / sú-tek / sú-tit / sái-tit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐde
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhde̊
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-tê⁵
    • Yale: shř-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.de
    • Palladius: шидэ (šidɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² dak¹
    • Yale: sái dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-tet
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` ded`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ded⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ tet̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎ̤-dă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹ tɛ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: sír-tiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-tek
    • Tâi-lô: sú-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'deg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-tit
    • Tâi-lô: sú-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'did
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sái-tit
    • Tâi-lô: sái-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: say'did
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/

Verb

使得

1. to be feasible; to be usable
2. can; to be able
3. to cause; to bring about

Synonyms

• (can):

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
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	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb

• (to cause):

• 使到 (shǐdào)
• 導致／导致 (dǎozhì)
• 招致 (zhāozhì)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致使 (zhìshǐ)
• 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)

 

Adjective

使得

1. (Cantonese) effective; useful

   呢隻藥膏都幾使得㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢只药膏都几使得㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ zek³ joek⁶ gou¹ dou¹ gei² sai² dak¹ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   This ointment is pretty effective.

2. (Cantonese) capable; competent

Synonyms

• (capable):

• 停當／停当 (tíngdàng) (literary)
• 利霸 (Xiang)
• 得力 (délì)
• 會做／会做 (ŏ̤-ca̿) (Northern Min)
• 會攝／会摄 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 有狠 (iou³ hen³) (Xiang)
• 能幹／能干 (nénggàn)
• 行市 (hang² si⁴) (Sichuanese)