HSK 6 · Ideas

局势 júshì “situation (esp. political or military)” in Chinese

Traditional 局勢

What 局势 means

  1. situation (esp. political or military)
  2. situation
  3. state (of affairs)

How to say 局势

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale势shì4th tone, falling

局势 in a sentence

  1. 那场事故让我们陷入了不寻常的局势。

    Nà chǎng shìgù ràng wǒmen xiànrù le bù xúncháng de júshì.

    The accident put us in an unusual situation.

    Sentence #8736992 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那是个微妙的局势。

    Nà shì ge wēimiào de júshì.

    That’s a delicate situation.

    Sentence #9637787 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆对局势一无所知。

    Tāngmǔ duì júshì yìwúsuǒzhī.

    Tom knows nothing about the situation.

    Sentence #7885811 from Tatoeba

How 局势 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 势 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
势shìpower
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

How to write 局势

局 7 strokes · 势 8 strokes

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局势 (júshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 局势 (júshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 局势

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout格局géjú · structure结局jiéjú · ending局部júbù · part局面júmiàn · situation局限júxiàn · to limit全局quánjú · overall situation公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau

Words with 势

姿势zīshì · posture趋势qūshì · trend形势xíngshì · circumstances优势yōushì · superiority地势dìshì · terrain手势shǒushì · gesture势力shìli · power气势qìshì · momentum声势shēngshì · momentum势必shìbì · bound to

More words: Ideas & Concepts

举动jǔdòng · act觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken局面júmiàn · situation举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention局限júxiàn · to limit考验kǎoyàn · to test空白kòngbái · blank

FAQs

局势 (júshì) means “situation (esp. political or military)” or “situation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it júshì: jú with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 局势 is written 局勢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 局势 from the suggestions. Typing jushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
局势 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.