體勢

Chinese

		body; form; style body; form; style; system	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (體勢)		體	勢
simp. (体势)		体	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˇ ㄕˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thé-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǐshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi³-shih⁴
    • Yale: tǐ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiishyh
    • Palladius: тиши (tiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thé-sè
    • Tâi-lô: thé-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tefsex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

Noun

體勢

1. (literary) form and the momentum it generates

   • 覽山川之體勢，觀三軍之殺獲 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     览山川之体势，观三军之杀获 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 班固《西都賦》，《文選》

     lǎn shānchuān zhī tǐshì, guān sānjūn zhī shā huò [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Chinese calligraphy) character structure and momentum
3. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) posture; appearance (of someone)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (體勢):

• → Korean: 체세(體勢) (chese)