致使

zhìshǐ

verb HSK 7-9 #17,862

Meanings

1 to cause
2 to result in

Characters

to cause; to lead to

to make; to cause

Examples

HSK 7-9

暴雨致使多条公路被淹。

Bàoyǔ zhìshǐ duō tiáo gōnglù bèi yān.

The heavy rain caused many roads to be flooded.

HSK 7-9

他的疏忽致使公司损失惨重。

Tā de shūhū zhìshǐ gōngsī sǔnshī cǎnzhòng.

His negligence caused the company to suffer heavy losses.

Tips

register

致使 is formal/written. In spoken Chinese, use 导致 instead. Both mean 'to cause' but 致使 appears mainly in news reports and official texts.

Stroke Order

致 zhì

使 shǐ