威勢

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄕˋ
  - 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

power and influence; prestige
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 (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

威(い)勢(せい) • (isei) ^{←ゐせい (wisei)^?}

power, might, authority
high spirits
- 1934, Kenji Miyazawa}, Ginga tetsudō no yoru [Night on the Galactic Railroad]‎:
  
  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)

References

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

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