HSK 6 · Society

势力 shìli “power” in Chinese

Traditional 勢力

What 势力 means

  1. power
  2. influence
  3. force
  4. a force (military, political etc)

How to say 势力

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale势shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own力lineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

势力 in a sentence

  1. 他试图扩大自己的势力范围。

    Tā shìtú kuòdà zìjǐ de shìlì fànwéi.

    He tried to expand his sphere of influence.

    Sentence #1883635 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 势力 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 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.

The character 力 (lì) drawn as one shape
力lìpowerlight in 势力

力 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThought to show an old plough, and pulling it took strength: strength, power.

How to write 势力

势 8 strokes · 力 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 势力

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局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)气势qìshì · momentum声势shēngshì · momentum势必shìbì · bound to

Words with 力

努力nǔlì · to work hard力气lìqi · strength能力nénglì · capability压力yālì · pressure巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)精力jīnglì · energy尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest权力quánlì · power力量lìliang · power魅力mèilì · charm

More words: Society & Law

审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community释放shìfàng · to release事故shìgù · accident示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration失踪shīzōng · to go missing司法sīfǎ · judicial司令sīlìng · commander

FAQs

势力 (shìli) means “power” or “influence”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìli: shì with a 4th tone, then li with a neutral 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, 势力 is written 勢力. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 势力 from the suggestions. Typing shili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
势力 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.