Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
让
ràng
Description
“让”是一个很常用的字，可以表示让别人做某件事，也可以表示把座位或东西给别人。
我们每天说话都会用到它。
Meanings
让ràng
to let, allow, or make someone do something
妈妈让我早点睡觉。
让ràng
to give way; to yield to others
请给老人让座。
让ràng
by (marks the doer in passive sentences)
我的杯子让弟弟打破了。
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Notes
- Nuance
让 for causing is softer than 使; 叫 is more colloquial for making someone do something.
- Grammar
让 can mark the passive agent, similar to 被 or 叫.
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