势
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power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 力 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 势
- Common rank
- #659
- Unicode
- U+52BF
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Formation & memory
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Words with 势
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 势利小人 | snob | |
| 天下大势 | the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the pre… | |
| 反动势力 | reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric) | |
| 电动势 | electromotive force | |
| 势不可当 | impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force | |
| 势利眼 | snobbish; a snob | |
| 有权势者 | person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge | |
| 有钱有势 | rich and powerful (idiom) | |
| 反时势 | unconventional | |
| 势子 | gesture; posture | |
| 大势 | overall trend | |
| 人势 | (human) penis (TCM) | |
| 国势 | national strength; situation in a state | |
| 山势 | topography of a mountain; features of a mountain | |
| 势头 | power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things | |
| 地势 | terrain; topography relief | |
| 势不两立 | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoint… | |
| 大张声势 | to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity | |
| 星座运势 | (Western-style) horoscope | |
| 手势 | gesture; sign; signal |
Sound family
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