趁勢

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (趁勢)		趁	勢
simp. (趁势)		趁	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: chèn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennshyh
    • Palladius: чэньши (čɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can³ sai³
    • Yale: chan sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ sɐi̯³³/

Verb

趁勢

1. to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of a favorable situation

Synonyms

• 乘勢／乘势 (chéngshì) (formal)
• 乘機／乘机 (chéngjī)
• 乘間／乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
• 乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
• 伺機／伺机 (sìjī)
• 趁機／趁机 (chènjī)
• 順勢／顺势 (shùnshì)