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使得

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ de

usable; serviceable
feasible; workable; doable
to make; to cause; to bring about

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使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire

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3–5 · shi3 de5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai2 dak1 · si2 dak1

Cantonese word readings for 使得. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to be feasible; to be usable
can; to be able
to cause; to bring about; to make

adj

(Cantonese) effective; useful
(Cantonese) capable; competent

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