使得

shǐde

verb HSK 5 #4,252

Meanings

HSK 3

技术进步使得生活更方便。

Jìshù jìnbù shǐde shēnghuó gèng fāngbiàn.

Technological progress has made life more convenient.

HSK 5

大雨使得道路变得很滑。

Dàyǔ shǐde dàolù biàn de hěn huá.

The heavy rain made the roads very slippery.

HSK 6

他的到来使得气氛活跃起来。

Tā de dàolái shǐde qìfēn huóyuè qǐlái.

His arrival livened up the atmosphere.

grammar

使得 is interchangeable with 使 in most cases. Pattern: A + 使得 + B + result. It's slightly softer/more natural than bare 使 in spoken contexts.

usage

Similar causative verbs: 让 (ràng, casual), 使 (shǐ, formal), 令 (lìng, very formal). 使得 falls between 让 and 使 in formality.

使 shǐ

得 de