使

Meaning(verb)

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

Examples

• 这个消息使大家很高兴。

  zhè ge xiāo xī shǐ dà jiā hěn gāo xìng.

  This news made everyone very happy.

• 运动使人健康。

  yùn dòng shǐ rén jiàn kāng.

  Exercise keeps people healthy.

• 这台机器很好使。

  zhè tái jī qì hěn hǎo shǐ.

  This machine works really well.

Easily confused

• 让 — 让 is more colloquial and can also mean "let / ask"; 使 is more formal, meaning "cause".

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