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态势

tài shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 態勢

态势 (tài shì) means "posture; situation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 态势 means

1. posture
2. situation

The characters in 态势

• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Sounds the same

Read tài shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泰式Thai-style (of food, massage etc)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tài shì correctly.
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