HSK 5 grammar · pattern
使得
使得 — cause (to be) / bring about
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
A causative verb linking a cause to the state or change it produces in something: 'X causes Y to (become)…' It is more formal than plain 使 or 让 and typically takes an abstract cause and a clausal result.
Examples
这场大雨使得交通完全瘫痪了。
Zhè chǎng dàyǔ shǐde jiāotōng wánquán tānhuàn le.
This heavy rain brought traffic to a complete standstill.
他的一句话使得气氛变得很尴尬。
Tā de yí jù huà shǐde qìfēn biàn de hěn gāngà.
That one remark of his made the atmosphere very awkward.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 使得 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.