勢頭

See also: 势头

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (勢頭)		勢	頭
simp. (势头)		势	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-thâu / sì-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìtóu → shìtou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: shr̀-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.tour
  - Palladius: шитоу (šitou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
  - Homophones:
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    事頭／事头
    勢頭／势头
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtóur
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: shr̀-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtourl
  - Palladius: шитоур (šitour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ tau⁴
  - Yale: sai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sè-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Longyan, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sì-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'taau
  - IPA (Longyan): /si²¹³ tʰau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

Noun

勢頭

power; momentum; tendency; trend
(colloquial) situation; the look of things

Synonyms

(power):

力量 (lìliàng)
勢力／势力 (shìlì)
勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
威力 (wēilì)
威勢／威势 (wēishì)
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)