支使

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (支使)		支	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-sír / chi-sú / ki-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshǐ → zhīshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄕˇ → ㄓ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-shih⁵
    • Yale: jr̄-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.shyy
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ sai²
    • Yale: jī sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sír
    • Tâi-lô: ki-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cisuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sú
    • Tâi-lô: ki-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kisuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/

Verb

支使

1. to engage the services or labor of; to order about
2. to send away

Related terms

• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
• 使喚／使唤 (shǐhuàn)