势 shì

power, force; tendency

HSK 5 #506

DEFINITIONS

势 shì
  • power
  • influence
  • potential
  • momentum
  • tendency
  • trend
  • situation
  • conditions
  • outward appearance
  • sign
  • gesture
  • male genitals

STROKES

WORDS

气势宏伟 qì shì hóng wěi imposing; majestic
派势 pài shì style; manner
涨势 zhǎng shì rising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
涨姿势 zhǎng zī shì Internet slang for 長知識|长知识[zhang3 zhi1 shi5]
病势 bìng shì degree of seriousness of an illness; patient's condition
破竹之势 pò zhú zhī shì lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
磁动势 cí dòng shì magnetomotive force
花把势 huā bǎ shì expert flower grower
蓄势待发 xù shì dài fā to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
财势 cái shì wealth and influence
趋炎附势 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
军势 jūn shì army strength; military prowess or potential
造势 zào shì to boost support or interest; to campaign; to promote
运势 yùn shì horoscope; one's fortune
道高益安，势高益危 dào gāo yì ān ， shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
销势 xiāo shì sale
电动势 diàn dòng shì electromotive force
顺势疗法 shùn shì liáo fǎ homeopathy (alternative medicine)
体势 tǐ shì feature
鼎足之势 dǐng zú zhī shì competition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation
紧张局势 jǐn zhāng jú shì tense situation; a state of high tension or stress
发展势头 fā zhǎn shì tóu development momentum
增长势头 zēng zhǎng shì tóu growth momentum
其势汹汹 qí shì xiōng xiōng its momentum is aggressive; its force is overwhelming
气势恢宏 qì shì huī hóng grandiose; imposing in momentum
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