使得 shǐde usable
usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
How to remember 使得: 使 use + 得 get = usable.
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How it is used
- A causative connective 'to make/cause (a result)' - 这个决定使得情况更复杂 (zhège juédìng shǐde qíngkuàng gèng fùzá) this decision made the situation more complex.
- Requires a resulting clause after it; usually the subject is a thing/event, not a person giving a direct order.
- Contrast 让 (ràng) and 使 (shǐ) - 使得 is more formal and always introduces a consequence, not a request.
Example sentences
- 暴风雪使得我们难以返回营地。 Bàofēngxuě shǐde wǒmen nányǐ fǎnhuí yíngdì.We found it very hard going back to our base camp in the blizzard.