乘勢

See also: 乘势

Chinese

		ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (乘勢)		乘	勢
simp. (乘势)		乘	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ sai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-sè / sīn-sì / sîn-sè / sêng-sì / sēng-sè / sēng-sì / sīn-sè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁶ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shih⁴
    • Yale: chéng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh
    • Palladius: чэнши (čɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ sai³
    • Yale: sìhng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīn-sì
    • Tâi-lô: sīn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixnsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²²⁻²¹ si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsix
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sīng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sexngsex
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: sīng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sexngsix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīn-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sīn-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixnsex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁶ si³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĕng sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ si²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: zying syejH

Rime
Character	乘	勢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	食陵切	舒制切
Baxter	zying	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨŋ/	/ɕiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨŋ/	/ɕiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑieŋ/	/ɕjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiŋ/	/ɕiajH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiəŋ/	/ɕiɛiH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭəŋ/	/ɕĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shéng	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	sai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.ləŋ  ŋ̊et-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯŋ  hŋjeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	乘	勢
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ zying ›	‹ syejH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.ləŋ/	/*ŋ̊et-s/
English	ride (v.)	circumstances, setting
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	乘	勢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	1452	15089
Phonetic component	乘	埶
Rime group	蒸	祭
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	繩	丗
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯŋ/	/*hŋjeds/

Verb

乘勢 (literary, intransitive)

1. to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of a favorable situation

   • 雖有智慧，不如乘勢；雖有鎡基，不如待時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽有智慧，不如乘势；虽有镃基，不如待时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Suī yǒu zhìhuì, bùrú chéngshì; suī yǒu zījī, bùrú dàishí. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (formal) to make use of one's power

Synonyms

• (seize an opportunity):

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• 乘機／乘机 (chéngjī)
• 乘間／乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
• 乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
• 伺機／伺机 (sìjī)
• 趁勢／趁势 (chènshì)
• 趁機／趁机 (chènjī)
• 順勢／顺势 (shùnshì)