使

shǐ

cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

How to write 使, stroke by stroke

to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger

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Made of 亻 + 吏

即使jí shǐeven if; even though
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
天使tiān shǐangel
使命shǐ mìngmission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
使得shǐ deusable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
大使dà shǐambassador; envoy
大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
使劲shǐ jìnto exert all one's strength
使者shǐ zhěemissary; envoy
迫使pò shǐto force; to compel
指使zhǐ shǐto incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)
使出shǐ chūto use; to exert

你真是个天使！
nǐ zhēn shì gè tiān shǐ ！
You're an angel!
他身负机密使命。
tā shēn fù jī mì shǐ mìng 。
He was charged with a secret mission.
你们该养成使用字典的习惯。
nǐ men gāi yǎng chéng shǐ yòng zì diǎn de xí guàn 。
You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.
即使他道歉了，我还是很愤怒。
jí shǐ tā dào qiàn le ， wǒ hái shì hěn fèn nù 。
Even though he apologized, I'm still furious.
啄木鸟正在使劲地啄树干。
zhuó mù niǎo zhèng zài shǐ jìn dì zhuó shù gàn 。
The woodpecker is pecking the tree trunk vigorously.