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致使

zhì shǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

致使 (zhì shǐ) means "to cause; to result in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 致使 means

1. to cause
2. to result in

The characters in 致使

• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable

Example sentences

• 国王的卑劣行为致使人们相信他只是个该被推翻的暴君。
  Guówáng de bēiliè xíngwéi zhìshǐ rénmen xiāngxìn tā zhǐshì gè gāi bèi tuīfān de bàojūn.
  The depravity of the king's deeds lead the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.

Where 致使 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì–zhōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhì shǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.