使役

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	service
simp. and trad. (使役)		使	役
anagram		役使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐyì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si² jik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhyì
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-i⁴
  - Yale: shř-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyyih
  - Palladius: шии (šii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si² jik⁶
  - Yale: sí yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si² jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi² yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ jɪk̚²/

Verb

使役

to make ... work; to put to work (a servant or animal)
(grammar) to express a cause or causation; to be causative

Derived terms

使役動詞 / 使役动词 (shǐyì dòngcí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	役
し Grade: 3	えき Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕie̞kʲi]

Noun

使(し)役(えき) • (shieki)

setting to work, enslavement
(linguistics) causative form of a verb

Derived terms

使役動詞(しえきどうし) (shieki dōshi): (linguistics) a causative verb