致使
zhìshǐ
“To cause” in Chinese is 致使 (zhìshǐ).
Meaning
- to cause
- to result in
Example
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.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
Characters
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Not to be confused with: 直视 (zhíshì, to look straight at) · 知识 (zhīshi, knowledge) · 芝士 (zhīshì, (loanword) cheese) · 只是 (zhǐshì, merely; only; just; nothing but) · 指示 (zhǐshì, to point out)