使得

使得

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (使得)		使	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐde

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² dak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-tet
• Min Nan (POJ): sír-tiak / sú-tek / sú-tit / sái-tit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐde
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.de
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhde̊
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² dak¹
    • Yale: sái dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² deg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-tet
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` ded`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ded⁵
    • IPA: /sɨ³¹ tet̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: sír-tiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-tek
    • Tâi-lô: sú-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'deg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-tit
    • Tâi-lô: sú-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'did
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sái-tit
    • Tâi-lô: sái-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: say'did
    • IPA (Taipei): /saɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /saɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /saɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵/

Verb

使得

1. to be feasible; to be usable
2. can; to be able
3. to cause; to bring about

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Mandarin	Beijing	可以, 能, 能夠
	Taiwan	可以, 能, 能夠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得
	Hong Kong	可以, 得
	Taishan	可以
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	做得
	Dongshi (Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	會用
Min Dong	Fuzhou	會使
Min Nan	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當, 會做得 mT, 會得 mT, 會得通 mT, 通 mT
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Lukang	會使, 會當
	Sanxia	會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Magong	會使, 會當
	Penang	會, 會使
	Philippines (Manila)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
Note	mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified)

Adjective

使得

1. (Cantonese) effective; useful

   呢隻藥膏都幾使得㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢只药膏都几使得㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Ni¹ zek³ joek⁶ gou¹ dou¹ gei² sai² dak¹ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   This ointment is pretty effective.

2. (Cantonese) capable; competent