劣勢

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

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• 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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• 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

1. 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 [rèsséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞sːe̞ː]

Noun

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

1. 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)