勢在必行

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (勢在必行)		勢	在	必	行
simp. (势在必行)		势	在	必	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzàibìxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zoi⁶ bit¹ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-chāi-pit-hêng / sì-chāi-pit-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzàibìxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzàibìsíng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsai⁴-pi⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: shr̀-dzài-bì-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzaybihshyng
    • Palladius: шицзайбисин (šiczajbisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ zoi⁶ bit¹ hang⁴
    • Yale: sai joih bīt hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzoi⁶ bit⁷ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ zoi⁶ bid¹ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡sɔːi̯²² piːt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chāi-pit-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tsāi-pit-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seazaixpitheeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-chāi-pit-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tsāi-pit-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siezaixpitheeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²³/

Idiom

勢在必行

1. to be imperative or necessary under such circumstances