使動

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (使動)		使	動
simp. (使动)		使	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhdòng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-tung⁴
    • Yale: shř-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyydonq
    • Palladius: шидун (šidun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² dung⁶
    • Yale: sí duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ tʊŋ²²/

Adjective

使動

1. (linguistics) causative