乘勢

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See also: 乘势

Chinese

ride; mount; make use of
ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride
 
power; force; tendency
power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
 
trad. (乘勢)
simp. (乘势)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (27) (26)
Final () (133) (35)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zying syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑɨŋ/ /ɕiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑɨŋ/ /ɕiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑieŋ/ /ɕjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑiŋ/ /ɕiajH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiəŋ/ /ɕiɛiH/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭəŋ/ /ɕĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/ /ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shéng shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing4 sai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chéng shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ zying › ‹ syejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.ləŋ/ /*ŋ̊et-s/
English ride (v.) circumstances, setting

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 1452 15089
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljɯŋ/ /*hŋjeds/

Verb

乘勢 (literary, intransitive)

  1. to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of a favorable situation
  2. (formal) to make use of one's power

Synonyms

  • (seize an opportunity):