使役 shǐ yì

to use (an animal or servant); working (animal)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to use (an animal or servant)
  2. 2. working (animal)
  3. 3. (beast) of burden
  4. 4. causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)

Characters

Character Meaning
使 shǐ HSK 4
to make; to cause; to enable
役 yì HSK 6
military service; forced labor; obligatory task