差使

chāishǐ
  1. to send
  2. to assign
  3. to appoint
  4. servants of an official
  5. official messenger

CEDICT

Homographs

差使 chāishi
  1. official post
  2. billet
  3. commission
  4. see also 差事 chāishi

classifier: 件

Entry Composition

1 差 chāi
  1. to send (on an errand)
  2. (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  3. job; official post
2 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