势
头

Power in Chinese: 势头 (shì tóu)

shì tóu

power

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 勢頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1power
  2. 2momentum
  3. 3tendency
  4. 4impetus
  5. 5situation
  6. 6the look of things

Stroke order

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势
头

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ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

势头

Simplified

勢頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 最近这种病发展的势头很猛。

    zuì jìn zhè zhǒng bìng fā zhǎn de shì tóu hěn měng。

    Lately this disease has been spreading with strong momentum.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

趋势

qū shì

trend

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

形势

xíng shì

circumstances

优势

yōu shì

superiority

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