勢頭

See also: 势头

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (勢頭)		勢	頭
simp. (势头)		势	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-thâu / sì-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtóu → shìtou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: shr̀-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.tour
    • Palladius: шитоу (šitou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtóur
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shr̀-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtourl
    • Palladius: шитоур (šitour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ tau⁴
    • Yale: sai tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sè-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'taau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Longyan, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sì-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'taau
    • IPA (Longyan): /si²¹³ tʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

Noun

勢頭

1. power; momentum; tendency; trend
2. (colloquial) situation; the look of things

Synonyms

• (power):

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 勢力／势力 (shìlì)
• 勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
• 威力 (wēilì)
• 威勢／威势 (wēishì)
• 威權／威权 (wēiquán)
• 實力／实力 (shílì)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 權焰／权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
• 聲勢／声势 (shēngshì)