威勢

See also: 威势

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (威勢)		威	勢
simp. (威势)		威	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-sē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weishìh
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: wēi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishyh
    • Palladius: вэйши (vɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ sai³
    • Yale: wāi sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-sē
    • Tâi-lô: ui-sē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uise
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² se²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² se²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ se³³/

Noun

威勢

1. power and influence; prestige
2. momentum; imposing manner; force; energy

Synonyms

• (power and influence):

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 勢力／势力 (shìlì)
• 勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
• 勢頭／势头 (shìtóu)
• 威力 (wēilì)
• 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)

 

• (momentum):

• 氣／气
• 氣勢／气势 (qìshì)
• 氣焰／气焰 (qìyàn) (archaic, of a person)
• 氣魄／气魄 (qìpò)
• 筆勢／笔势 (bǐshì) (of calligraphy, art, literary works, etc.)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	勢
い Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いせー [ìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ise̞ː]

Noun

威(い)勢(せい) • (isei) ^{←ゐせい (wisei)?}

1. power, might, authority
2. high spirits
   • 1934, 宮沢賢治(みやざわけんじ) [Miyazawa Kenji], 銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる) (Ginga tetsudō no yoru)‎^[1]:

     ジョバンニは俄(にわ)かに顔(かお)いろがよくなって威(い)勢(せい)よくおじぎをすると台(だい)の下(した)に置(お)いた鞄(かばん)をもっておもてへ飛(と)びだしました。

     Jobanni wa niwaka ni kaoiro ga yoku natte isei yoku o-jigi o suru to dai no shita ni oita kaban o motte omote e tobidashimashita.

     (please add an English translation of this example)