驅使

驅使

See also: 驱使

Chinese

		to expel; to urge on; to drive to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (驅使)		驅	使
simp. (驱使)		驱	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ si²
• Min Nan (POJ): khu-sír / khu-sú / khi-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyushǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-shih³
    • Yale: chyū-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiushyy
    • Palladius: цюйши (cjujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹ si²
    • Yale: kēui sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-sír
    • Tâi-lô: khu-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-sú
    • Tâi-lô: khu-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qusuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-sú
    • Tâi-lô: khi-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qisuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/

Verb

驅使

1. (literary) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy
2. to induce; to spur; to provoke; to drive (somebody to do something); to contribute to (some development)

Synonyms

• (to send):

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使使 (Min Nan) 差派 (Min Nan) 差遣 (chāiqiǎn) 派 (pài)

派出 (pàichū) 派遣 (pàiqiǎn) 使蕩／使荡 (Min Nan) 打發／打发 (dǎfa)

• (to induce):

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促進／促进 (cùjìn) 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng) 增進／增进 (zēngjìn)

推動／推动 (tuīdòng) 推進／推进 (tuījìn) 驅動／驱动 (qūdòng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
驅	使
く Hyōgaiji	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

驅(く)使(し) • (kushi)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 駆使)

1. good command of, full use of

Verb

驅(く)使(し)する • (kushi suru) suru (stem 驅(く)使(し)し (kushi shi), past 驅(く)使(し)した (kushi shita), kyūjitai, shinjitai 駆使)

1. to make excellent use of, to have a good command of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "驅使する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	驅使し	くしし	kushi shi
Continuative (連用形)	驅使し	くしし	kushi shi
Terminal (終止形)	驅使する	くしする	kushi suru
Attributive (連体形)	驅使する	くしする	kushi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	驅使すれ	くしすれ	kushi sure
Imperative (命令形)	驅使せよ¹ 驅使しろ²	くしせよ¹ くししろ²	kushi seyo¹ kushi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	驅使される	くしされる	kushi sareru
Causative	驅使させる 驅使さす	くしさせる くしさす	kushi saseru kushi sasu
Potential	驅使できる	くしできる	kushi dekiru
Volitional	驅使しよう	くししよう	kushi shiyō
Negative	驅使しない	くししない	kushi shinai
Negative continuative	驅使せず	くしせず	kushi sezu
Formal	驅使します	くしします	kushi shimasu
Perfective	驅使した	くしした	kushi shita
Conjunctive	驅使して	くしして	kushi shite
Hypothetical conditional	驅使すれば	くしすれば	kushi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
驅	使

Noun

驅使 • (gusa) (hangeul 구사)

1. Hanja form^? of 구사 (“good command”).