使 shǐ in a sentence
Use (make - enable - envoy - messenger)
使 (shǐ) means Use (make - enable - envoy - messenger). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这件事 使 我很感动。
Zhè jiàn shì shǐ wǒ hěn gǎndòng.
This matter moved me deeply.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 使
大 使 馆就在这条街上。
Dàshǐguǎn jiù zài zhè tiáo jiē shàng.
The embassy is on this street.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大使馆
手机的 使 用非常普遍。
Shǒujī de shǐyòng fēicháng pǔbiàn.
The use of mobile phones is extremely widespread.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 普遍
请正确 使 用这个机器。
Qǐng zhèngquè shǐyòng zhège jīqì.
Please use this machine correctly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 使用
这个机器有 使 用说明。
Zhège jīqì yǒu shǐyòng shuōmíng.
This machine comes with instructions.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 说明
我明天去大 使 馆办签证。
Wǒ míngtiān qù dàshǐguǎn bàn qiānzhèng.
Tomorrow I am going to the embassy to get a visa.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大使馆
即 使 下雨，我们也要去。
Jíshǐ xià yǔ, wǒmen yě yào qù.
Even if it rains, we are still going.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 即使
即 使 很难，他也不放弃。
Jíshǐ hěn nán, tā yě bú fàngqì.
Even though it is hard, he does not give up.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 即使
这个软件 使 用起来很方便。
Zhège ruǎnjiàn shǐyòng qǐlái hěn fāngbiàn.
This software is very convenient to use.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 使用
From the travel phrasebook
Words that contain 使
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 使
How is 使 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 使 (shǐ, "Use (make - enable - envoy - messenger)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 使 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 使 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 使 an HSK word?
Yes — 使 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 使?
The dictionary page for 使 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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