劣勢

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See also: 劣势

Chinese

		inferior	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (劣勢)		劣	勢
simp. (劣势)		劣	势

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lièshì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyut³ sai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loat-sè / loa̍t-sè / loa̍t-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lièshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lièshìh
  - Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: lyè-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehshyh
  - Palladius: леши (leši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    劣勢／劣势
    烈士
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lyut³ sai³
  - Yale: lyut sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyt⁸ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lüd³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːt̚³ sɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loat-sè
  - Tâi-lô: luat-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loatsex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /luat̚⁵⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍t-sè
  - Tâi-lô: lua̍t-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loadsex
  - IPA (Taipei): /luat̚⁴⁻³² se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /luat̚⁴⁻³² se²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍t-sì
  - Tâi-lô: lua̍t-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loadsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /luat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ si²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /luat̚⁴⁻³² si²¹/

Noun

劣勢

disadvantaged position; inferior strength

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劣	勢
れつ > れっ Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れっせー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

劣(れっ)勢(せい) • (ressei) ^{←れつせい (retusei)^?}

inferior position
劣勢(れっせい)を感(かん)じる
ressei o kanjiru
to sense one's inferiority

劣勢(れっせい)を跳(は)ね返(かえ)す
ressei o hanekaesu
to rebound from a poor start

Antonyms

優勢(ゆうせい) (yūsei, “superior position”)

Hypernyms

勢(いきお)い (ikioi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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