審時度勢

Chinese

		to examine; to investigate; carefully to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	capacity; degree; standard	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (審時度勢)		審	時	度	勢
simp. (审时度势)		审	时	度	势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěnshíduóshì, shěnshíduòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ, ㄕㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam² si⁴ dok⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěnshíduóshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěnshíhduóshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shên³-shih²-to²-shih⁴
    • Yale: shěn-shŕ-dwó-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenshyrdwoshyh
    • Palladius: шэньшидоши (šɛnʹšidoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěnshíduòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěnshíhduòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shên³-shih²-to⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shěn-shŕ-dwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenshyrduohshyh
    • Palladius: шэньшидоши (šɛnʹšidoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam² si⁴ dok⁶ sai³
    • Yale: sám sìh dohk sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam² si⁴ dok⁹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem² xi⁴ dog⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵ siː²¹ tɔːk̚² sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

審時度勢

1. to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock