势
shì HSK3

power

势 (勢) shì
power noun
power, influence, or authority

有些人仗势欺人在这一带横行霸道，引起了公愤。

yǒu​xiē rén zhàng shì qī​rén zài zhè yī​dài héng​xíng​bà​dào, yǐn​qǐ le gōng​fèn.

Some people who use their power to bully others have been running amok in this area, causing public outrage.

momentum noun
momentum, force, or physical potential

河水暴涨，水势汹涌，已经漫过了两岸的堤防。

hé​shuǐ bào​zhǎng, shuǐ shì xiōng​yǒng, yǐ​jīng màn​guò le liǎng àn de dī​fáng.

The river rose sharply and the current was turbulent, overflowing the dikes on both banks.

situation punctuation
situation, conditions, trend, or tendency

我们要审时度势，根据当前的情况做出正确判断。

wǒ​men yào shěn​shí duó shì, gēn​jù dāng​qián de qíng​kuàng zuò​chū zhèng​què pàn​duàn.

We should assess the situation and make correct judgments based on the current circumstances.

gesture noun
outward appearance, sign, or physical gesture

交警向前方车辆做了一个靠边停车的手势。

jiāo​jǐng xiàng qián​fāng chē​liàng zuò le yī gè kào​biān tíng​chē de shǒu shì.

The traffic police gestured for the vehicle ahead to pull over.

genitals noun
male genitals

在某些农场，雄性小羊在出生后不久就要进行去势。

zài mǒu​xiē nóng​chǎng, xióng​xìng xiǎo​yáng zài chū​shēng hòu bù​jiǔ jiù yào jìn​xíng qù​shì.

On some farms, male lambs are castrated shortly after birth.

Frequency
Character
Written text
506th most common 417.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,037th most common 97.1 per million appears in 36% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.95 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
85.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
勢
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+52BF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)