使
shǐ HSK2

to use

使 shǐ
to use verb
To use; to employ; to apply; to make use of.
to make verb
To cause; to make; to enable. This is often used to describe a result or a feeling triggered by something.

它们怎么会使你开心？

tā​men zěn​me huì shǐ nǐ kāi xīn?

How can they make you happy?

没有什么能使她回到他身边。

méi​yǒu shén​me néng shǐ tā huí dào tā shēn​biān.

Nothing could bring her back to him.

if conjunction
(literary) If; supposing; used in the first part of a sentence to introduce a hypothetical condition.
(bound form) envoy noun
(bound form) envoy; messenger; diplomat representing a country abroad.
to send nounverb
To send someone to do something; to instruct or command someone to act as a messenger or envoy.
to be workable adjective
To be feasible, permissible, or usable (often in the affirmative 使得 shǐ​de or negative 使不得 shǐ​bu​de)
to indulge
To indulge in or give rein to (one's temper, etc.)

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
119th most common 1634.5 per million
Movie subtitles
413th most common 361.1 per million appears in 79% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
146.5 per million appears in 41% of films
Written text
617.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+4F7F

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)