1. to cause
  2. to enable
  3. phonetic bi
  4. Taiwan pr.

CEDICT

  1. (literary, formal) in order to; so that; so as to; therefore; thus; thereby
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (bì, “to benefit”).
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of
  4. Original form of (bì, “to benefit”).
  5. alternative form of
  6. in order to; so that; so as to; therefore; thus; thereby

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bēng to cause
使成 shǐchéng
  1. to cause
  2. to render
致使 zhìshǐ
  1. to cause
  2. to result in
国王的卑劣行为致使人们相信他只是个该被推翻的暴君。

The depravity of the king's deeds led the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.

Source: Tatoeba

使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
新闻使她不安。

The news distressed her.

Source: Tatoeba

誘發 yòu
  1. to induce
  2. to cause
  3. to elicit
  4. to trigger
滋生 shēng
  1. to breed
  2. to flourish
  3. to cause
  4. to provoke
  5. to create
激起
  1. to arouse
  2. to evoke
  3. to cause
  4. to stir up
我的兴趣被激起来了。

My interest quickened.

Source: Tatoeba

引發 yǐn
  1. to lead to
  2. to trigger
  3. to initiate
  4. to cause
  5. to evoke (emotions)
自慰引发疯狂。

Masturbation leads to insanity.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. to grow
  2. to nourish
  3. to increase
  4. to cause
  5. juice
  6. taste
  7. (dialect) to spout
  8. to spurt
lìng
  1. to order
  2. to command
  3. an order
  4. warrant
  5. writ
  6. to cause
  7. to make sth happen
  8. virtuous
  9. honorific title
  10. season
  11. government position (old)
  12. type of short song or poem
你會令她害羞。

You'll embarrass her.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. to provoke
  2. to irritate
  3. to vex
  4. to stir up
  5. to anger
  6. to attract (troubles)
  7. to cause (problems)
别惹我了。

Don't get me started.

Don't provoke me.

Source: Tatoeba

啟用 yòng
  1. to start using
  2. (computing) to enable (a feature)
賦能 néng
  1. (neologism c. 2019) to empower
  2. to enable
  3. to energize
開啟 kāi
  1. to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)
  2. (computing) to enable (a feature)
  3. (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate
  4. to open (sth that has been sealed)
開啟野戰手電筒不會幫助你在黑暗中看得到。

Switching on a fleshlight won't help you see in the dark.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. used in 睥睨
  2. Taiwan pr.
bèi
  1. to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop
  2. Taiwan pr.
  1. the ponyfishes, aka slipmouths (Leiognathidae, a family of fishes in the order Perciformes)
  2. Taiwan pr.