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指
使
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Jyutping
zi2 si2
Pinyin
zhǐ shǐ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to incite
to prompt (sb to do sth)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
動詞
命令、慫恿其他人去做啲衰嘢
to instigate; to incite; to appoint somebody to do something bad
受人指使
受人指使
sau6 jan4 zi2 si2
to act at somebody's instigation
係佢指使我換咗你啲藥㗎。
系佢指使我换咗你啲药㗎。
hai6 keoi5 zi2 si2 ngo5 wun6 zo2 nei5 di1 joek6 gaa3.
It's him who incited me to change your medicine.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to prompt (someone to do something, usually bad); to incite; to instigate
(syn.) 簸弄, 誘使, 唆使, 拖逗, 嗾使, 主使, 扇动, 挑唆, 縱踴, 挑拨, 怂恿, 拢怂, 鼓惑, 引誘, 煽動, 反間, 挑釁, 離間, 攛掇, 挑動, 纵踊, 搬弄, 使唆, 使使, 煽惑, 拨弄, 煽动, 助长, 慫恿, 引逗, 撺掇, 撥弄, 挑动, 纵臾, 反间, 鼓動, 勾引, 挑起, 教唆, 离间, 引诱, 助長, 縱臾, 诱使, 攏慫, 撮弄, 挑撥, 扇動, 鼓动, 挑衅
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
我宁愿自己独立生活也不要他来指使我。
我寧願自己獨立生活也不要他來指使我。
wǒ nìng yuàn zì jǐ dú lì shēng huó yě bù yào tā lái zhǐ shǐ wǒ 。
I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
受人指使
受人指使
sau6 jan4 zi2 si2
to act at somebody's instigation
Cantonese
系佢指使我换咗你啲药㗎。
係佢指使我換咗你啲藥㗎。
hai6 keoi5 zi2 si2 ngo5 wun6 zo2 nei5 di1 joek6 gaa3.
It's him who incited me to change your medicine.