Causative verbs

Structure

Examples

• 你为什么不让我去？
  Nǐ wèishénme bù ràng wǒ qù?
  Why won't you let me go?
• 那个老人让我想到了我爷爷。
  Nàge lǎorén ràng wǒ xiǎng dào le wǒ yéye.
  That old man made me think of my grandpa.
• 你儿子在学校的表现叫老师很头疼。
  Nǐ érzi zài xuéxiào de biǎoxiàn jiào lǎoshī hěn tóuténg.
  Your son's behavior at school gives the teacher quite a headache.
• 我想请你帮我一个忙。
  Wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ yī gè máng.
  I want to ask you to do me a favor.
• 他的演讲使听众们非常激动。
  Tā de yǎnjiǎng shǐ tīngzhòng men fēicháng jīdòng.
  His speech made the audience very excited.

Words that use this

• 让ràngto yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger