使

shǐ

to make

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

person (亻) + official (吏) = send, command, or employ

吏 means a government official — someone who directs others by authority. Add the person radical and you get the act of deploying or commanding people, whether as an envoy or an order-giver.

+使
A personSemantic
A government officialSemantic

Words with 使

运使

yùn shǐ

commissioner (old)

遣使

qiǎn shǐ

to dispatch an envoy

重复使力伤害

chóng fù shǐ lì shāng hài

repetitive strain injury (RSI)

间使

jiàn shǐ

secret envoy

颐指气使

yí zhǐ qì shǐ

lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture

颐指风使

yí zhǐ fēng shǐ

lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture

马噶尔尼使团

mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán

the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

马戛尔尼使团

mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán

the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

驱使

qū shǐ

to urge

鬼使神差

guǐ shǐ shén chāi

demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation

不首先使用

bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòng

no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)

主使

zhǔ shǐ

to mastermind

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