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指使

指使

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (指使)		指	使

Verb

指使

to prompt (someone to do something); to incite; to instigate

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhǐshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² si²
Min Nan (POJ): chí-sír / chí-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² si²
  - Yale: jí sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² si²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sír
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cysuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/