HSK 6 · Function Words

致使 zhìshǐ “to cause” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 致使 means

  1. to cause
  2. to result in

How to say 致使

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale致zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale使shǐ3rd tone, dipping

致使 in a sentence

  1. 大雾致使很多航班延误。

    Dàwù zhìshǐ hěn duō hángbān yánwù.

    The thick fog caused many flights to be delayed.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的粗心致使整个计划失败了。

    Tā de cūxīn zhìshǐ zhěng ge jìhuà shībài le.

    His carelessness caused the whole plan to fail.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 致使 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 致 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
致zhìfine; delicate; exquisite
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

The character 使 (shǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
使shǐto make
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 吏government official · lì

How to write 致使

致 10 strokes · 使 8 strokes

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致使 (zhìshǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 致使 (zhìshǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 致使

Words with 致

导致dǎozhì · to lead to一致yízhì · consistent致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)别致biézhì · unique精致jīngzhì · exquisite细致xìzhì · careful致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to大致dàzhì · roughly以致yǐzhì · with the result that兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

Words with 使

使shǐ · to make使用shǐyòng · to use即使jíshǐ · even if大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy促使cùshǐ · to induce使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength使命shǐmìng · mission

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愈yù · the more … the more咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual之际zhījì · at the time of终究zhōngjiū · after all众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows幢zhuàng · (measure word for buildings)总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

FAQs

致使 (zhìshǐ) means “to cause” or “to result in”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìshǐ: zhì with a 4th tone, then shǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 致使 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 致使 from the suggestions. Typing zhishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
致使 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.