Dictionary › 驱役

驱役

qū yì

2-character word Traditional 驅役

What 驱役 means

1. to order (sb) about
2. (by extension) to put to use

The characters in 驱役

• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 役yìforced labor; corvée; obligatory task

Sounds the same

Read qū yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 曲意against one's will; willy-nilly

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qū yì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.