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优势 yōushì “superiority” in Chinese

Traditional 優勢

What 优势 means

  1. superiority
  2. dominance
  3. advantage

How to say 优势

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale优yōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale势shì4th tone, falling

优势 in a sentence

  1. 主场队总是比对手有优势。

    Zhǔchǎng duì zǒngshì bǐ duìshǒu yǒu yōushì.

    The home team always has an advantage over its opponents.

    Sentence #755897 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这种科技的优势是什么？

    Zhè zhǒng kējì de yōushì shì shénme?

    What are the advantages of this technology?

    Sentence #389806 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你受过良好教育，这是你的优势。

    Nǐ shòuguo liánghǎo jiàoyù, zhè shì nǐ de yōushì.

    You’ve had a good education – that’s your advantage.

    Sentence #342853 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 优势 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 优 (yōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
优yōuexcellent
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 尤especially · yóuSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 尤 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yōu.

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 优势

优 6 strokes · 势 8 strokes

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

Words related to 优势

Words with 优

优点yōudiǎn · strong point优秀yōuxiù · outstanding优美yōuměi · graceful优惠yōuhuì · preferential优异yōuyì · outstanding优越yōuyuè · superior优先yōuxiān · priority优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

Words with 势

姿势zīshì · posture趋势qūshì · trend形势xíngshì · circumstances地势dìshì · terrain手势shǒushì · gesture势力shìli · power局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)气势qìshì · momentum声势shēngshì · momentum势必shìbì · bound to

More words: Ideas & Concepts

样式yàngshì · type意义yìyì · sense因素yīnsù · element用途yòngtú · use原则yuánzé · principle整体zhěngtǐ · whole种类zhǒnglèi · kind重量zhòngliàng · weight

FAQs

优势 (yōushì) means “superiority” or “dominance”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yōushì: yōu with a 1st 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, 优势 is written 優勢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 优势 from the suggestions. Typing youshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
优势 is an HSK 5 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.