看勢
Chinese
to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think |
power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (看勢) | 看 | 勢 | |
| simp. (看势) | 看 | 势 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): kuann4 se4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-sì
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-sì
- Tâi-lô: khuànn-sì
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarsix
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ si²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
看⫽勢 (verb-object)
- (Hokkien, Xianyou Puxian Min) to observe the development trend of things; to spot an opportunity
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “看势”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 337.