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

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.

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 (dǎozhì) instead. Both mean 'to cause' but 致使 appears mainly in news reports and official texts.

Stroke Order

致 zhì

使 shǐ