公使

公使	gōng shǐ	minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
公	gōng	public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
使	shǐ	to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger