使喚

See also: 使唤

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	to call
trad. (使喚)		使	喚
simp. (使唤)		使	唤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² wun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sír-hoàn / sú-hoàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐhuàn → shǐhuan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄢˋ → ㄕˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhhuån
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-huan⁵
    • Yale: shř-hwan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.huann
    • Palladius: шихуань (šixuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ xu̯än⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² wun⁶
    • Yale: sái wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ wuːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-hoàn
    • Tâi-lô: sír-huàn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-hoàn
    • Tâi-lô: sú-huàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'hoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan²¹/

Verb

使喚

1. to order someone about; to be bossy
2. to use; to handle (of tools)

Related terms

• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
• 支使 (zhīshǐ)