架勢

简 架势 · 繁 架勢
Mandarin · pinyin jià shi

Meanings

  1. attitude
  2. position (on an issue etc)
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架
jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
勢
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势
shì · power, force; tendency
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4–5 · jia4 shi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaa3 sai3

Cantonese word readings for 架勢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gaa3 sai3

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (colloquial) posture; stance; manner
  2. (colloquial) situation; circumstances

adj

  1. (Cantonese) impressive; splendid; extravagant

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