使馆
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
使馆 (shǐguǎn) · embassy
使馆 (shǐguǎn) means “embassy”. It is written with 2 characters: 使 (to make) + 馆 (public building). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 使馆 is built
The characters
使 shǐ · to make
What 使 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 吏lì — government official
- 丈zhàng — gentleman
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丈zhàng — gentleman
Origin hint: A person 亻 working for the government 吏 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
馆 guǎn · public building
What 馆 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 官guān — official
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 㠯yǐ — according to
- 己jǐ — self
- 宀 — roof
Origin hint: A public 官 building where food 饣 is served; 官 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他明天去使馆办签证。Tā míngtiān qù shǐguǎn bàn qiānzhèng.He's going to the embassy tomorrow for a visa.
使馆离这儿不远。Shǐguǎn lí zhèr bù yuǎn.The embassy isn't far from here.
Questions about 使馆
What does 使馆 mean?
使馆 (shǐguǎn) means “embassy”.
How do you pronounce 使馆?
使馆 is pronounced shǐguǎn.
Which HSK level is 使馆?
使馆 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 使用shǐyòngto use
- 大使馆dàshǐguǎnembassy
- 促使cùshǐto prompt
- 使劲shǐjìnto use force
- 即使jíshǐeven if
- 使劲儿shǐjìnrto exert oneself
- 使命shǐmìngmission
- 致使zhìshǐto cause
- 使shǐto make
- 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
Learn 使馆 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.