作势 Chinese English dictionary 作势 translate 作势 pinyin

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作势

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
作势 zuòshì	作势 \| 作势* \| *作势	to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture	作勢

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
作	作 \| 作* \| *作	7画人亻 + 5	zuò, zuō, zuó	make; work; compose, write; act, perform	zok3	2821.1 OHS


势	势 \| 势* \| *势	8画力 + 6	shì	power, force; tendency	sai3	勢 5542 QIKS

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
作势 zuòshì	作势 \| 作势* \| *作势	to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture


作 zuō	作 \| 作* \| *作	(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)


作 zuò	作 \| 作* \| *作	to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works


势　shì	势 \| 势* \| *势	power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals