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

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/

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/	/ɕiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨŋ/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑieŋ/	/ɕjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiŋ/	/ɕiaj^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiəŋ/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭəŋ/	/ɕĭɛi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/
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 ›	‹ syej^H ›
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)

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)
to make use of one's power

Synonyms

(seize an opportunity):

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)

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