使 shǐ
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verb
to make; to cause
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 让； in literary Chinese, 使 can act as a transitive verb with two objects in a pivot construction. The first object is a noun and the second object is a verb phrase. The pattern is A 使 B C, where A is the subject, B is a noun, and C is a verb phrase (Guoyu '使' v 2; Kroll 2015 '使' 2, p. 414; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 40-41; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 3) -
verb
to make use of for labor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 役使 (Guoyu '使' v 3; Kroll 2015 '使' 2a, p. 414) -
verb
to indulge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 放纵 (Guoyu '使' v 6; Kroll 2015 '使' 4, p. 414) -
noun
an emissary; an envoy; ambassador; commissioner
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 使 is similar in meaning to 使者, most often as a generic title (Guoyu '使' n; Hucker 1985, p. 421; Kroll 2015 '使' 1a, p. 414; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 5) -
verb
to be sent on a diplomatic mission
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 出使 (Guoyu '使' v 7; Kroll 2015 '使' 1, p. 414) -
verb
to dispatch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 派 or 派遣 (Guoyu '使' v 1; Kroll 2015 '使' 1, p. 414; Unihan '使'; XHZD '使' 2) -
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 使 is similar in meaning to 假如 to 如果 (Guoyu '使' conj; Kroll 2015 '使' 3, p. 414; XHZD '使' 4) -
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '使' v 5; Kroll 2015 '使' 2a, p. 414; XHZD '使' 1) -
verb
to be able to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 可, as in 使不得 (Guoyu '使' v 4) -
noun
messenger; dūta
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dūta (BCSD '使', p. 125; MW 'dūta')
Contained in
- 天使经(天使經) Devadūta Sutra
- 五利使 five views; five wrong views
- 1. 佛光人身语行为要有社会性 2. 佛光人弘法利生要有使命感 3. 佛光人五欲六尘要有自制力 4. 佛光人做人处事要有公德心(1. 佛光人身語行為要有社會性 2. 佛光人弘法利生要有使命感 3. 佛光人五欲六塵要有自制力 4. 佛光人做人處事要有公德心) 1. Fo Guang members should speak and act with a sense of social involvement. 2. Fo Guang members should propagate the Dharma and benefit living beings with a sense of mission. 3. Fo Guang members should have self-discipline against the Five Desires and Six Objects. 4. Fo Guang members have a sense of social responsibility.
- 五使者 five messengers
- 佛使比丘迦旃延说法没尽偈百二十章(佛使比丘迦旃延說法沒盡偈百二十章) Fo Shi Biqiu Jiazhanyan Shuofa Mei Jin Ji Bai Ershi Zhang
- 已生的恶法，使它断除(已生的惡法，使它斷除) end unwholesome states
- 十使 ten messengers
- 无分散意使气不麁(無分散意使氣不麁) avoid scattered thoughts and keep breathing regularly
- 播般曩结使波金刚念诵仪(播般曩結使波金剛念誦儀) Padanaksipa Vajra Liturgy; Bo Ban Nang Jieshi Bo Jingang Niansong Yi
Also contained in
天使 、 支使 、 使令 、 锦衣卫指挥使司 、 使臣 、 使耳聋 、 公使 、 使容易 、 使然 、 任贤使能 、 促使 、 使节 、 使不得 、 使困扰 、 使命 、 尊贤使能 、 使动语态 、 纵使 、 诱使 、 使领官员 、 主使 、 采访使 、 镇守使 、 监狱官使 、 亲善大使 、 目指气使 、 役使动物 、 使者 、 察访使 、 使坏 、 官使 、 使出 、 使成一体 、 使用者中介 、 即使 、 使役 、 节度使 、 廉车正使 、 强使 、 鬼使神差 、 使劲 、 使膨胀
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Zhong Shi Fen Apitan Lun) 眾事分阿毘曇論 — count: 662
- Scroll 12 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 290
- Scroll 8 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 232
- Scroll 4 Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya śāstra 雜阿毘曇心論 — count: 219
- Scroll 11 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 198
- Scroll 6 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 188
- Scroll 24 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 168
- Scroll 7 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論 — count: 156
- Scroll 1 Zhu Pusa Qiu Fo Ben Ye Jing 諸菩薩求佛本業經 — count: 127
- Scroll 3 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 120
Collocations
- 使一切众生 (使一切眾生) 若使一切眾生無有生者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 18
- 欲使 (欲使) 欲使不出家 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
- 使梵行 (使梵行) 使梵行久立 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 11
- 使人 (使人) 使人典池 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 10
- 能使 (能使) 則能使其得究竟道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 10
- 使贤圣 (使賢聖) 使賢聖弟子真實平等讚嘆如來 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
- 僮使 (僮使) 主於僮使以五事教授 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 7
- 给使 (給使) 我等當給使左右 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 使不出 (使不出) 欲使不出家 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 愿使 (願使) 願使弊宿今世 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 4