慣勢

See also: 惯势

Chinese

		accustomed to; used to	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (慣勢)		慣	勢
simp. (惯势)		惯	势
alternative forms		慣示／惯示 Hokkien 慣世／惯世 Hokkien 貫勢／贯势 Hokkien 貫示／贯示 Hokkien 貫四／贯四 Hokkien 慣示／惯示 Hokkien 慣世／惯世 Hokkien 貫勢／贯势 Hokkien 貫示／贯示 Hokkien 貫四／贯四 Hokkien 慣習／惯习 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): gan¹ sai^1*
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): koan-se

  (Hailu, HRS): guan^ˇ she^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): gáing-*sié
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-sì / koàiⁿ-sì / kùiⁿ-sì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guin³ si³

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• Cantonese
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gan¹ sai^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan³³ sai³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koan-se
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guan⁴ se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯an⁵⁵ se⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˇ she^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuan¹¹ ʃe¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáing-*sié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ siɛ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-sì
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarnsix
    • IPA (Penang): /kuan²¹⁻³³ si²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kuan²¹⁻⁴² si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàiⁿ-sì
    • Tâi-lô: kuàinn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaesix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuãi¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kuãi¹²⁻⁵³ si¹²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuãi²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùiⁿ-sì
    • Tâi-lô: kuìnn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuiesix
    • IPA (Singapore): /kuĩ²¹⁻⁴² si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kuĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guin³ si³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùiⁿ sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ si²¹³/

Verb

慣勢

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) to be accustomed to; to be in the habit of
2. (Taishanese) to take for granted

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 習慣 (“to get used to; to be accustomed to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		習慣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	習慣
	Malaysia	習慣
	Singapore	習慣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	慣, 習慣
	Hong Kong	慣, 習慣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	慣
Hakka	Meixian	習慣, 慣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	慣, 慣勢
Southern Min	Xiamen	慣勢
	Quanzhou	慣勢
	Zhangzhou	慣勢
	Taipei	慣勢, 習慣 GT
	Tainan	慣勢
	Kinmen	慣勢
	Penang (Hokkien)	慣勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	慣勢
	Shantou	習慣, 慣
	Jieyang	慣勢
Wu	Shanghai	習慣
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

• 不慣／不惯 (bùguàn)

Further reading

• “慣勢”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.