支使

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (支使)		支	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sai²
Min Nan (POJ): ki-sír / chi-sú / ki-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshǐ → zhīshi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄕˇ → ㄓ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-shih⁵
  - Yale: jr̄-shr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.shyy
  - Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ sai²
  - Yale: jī sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ sei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sír
  - Tâi-lô: ki-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cisuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sú
  - Tâi-lô: ki-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kisuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/

Verb

支使

to engage the services or labor of; to order about
to send away

Related terms

差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
使喚／使唤 (shǐhuàn)

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