| 势态 | shì tài | situation; state |
| 势成骑虎 | shì chéng qí hǔ | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway |
| 势族 | shì zú | influential family; powerful clan |
| 势殊事异 | shì shū shì yì | lit. conditions unique and matters different; things are not the same as before (idiom) |
| 势要 | shì yào | influential figure; powerful person |
| 势阱 | shì jǐng | potential well (physics) |
| 势降 | shì jiàng | potential drop (elec.) |
| 去势 | qù shì | to neuter; neutered |
| 反动势力 | fǎn dòng shì li | reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric) |
| 反时势 | fǎn shí shì | unconventional |
| 国势 | guó shì | national strength; situation in a state |
| 国势日衰 | guó shì rì shuāi | national decline |
| 大势至菩萨 | Dà shì zhì Pú sà | Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the Great Strength Bodhisattva |
| 大张声势 | dà zhāng shēng shì | to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity |
| 守势 | shǒu shì | defensive position; guard |
| 定势 | dìng shì | regular tendency |
| 宣传攻势 | xuān chuán gōng shì | marketing campaign |
| 审度时势 | shěn duó shí shì | to examine and judge the situation |
| 审时度势 | shěn shí duó shì | to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock |
| 山势 | shān shì | mountain form |
| 弱势 | ruò shì | vulnerable; weak |
| 弱势群体 | ruò shì qún tǐ | disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped); the economically and politically marginalized; the dispossessed |
| 强势 | qiáng shì | mighty |
| 形势严峻 | xíng shì yán jùn | in grave difficulties; the situation is grim |
| 恶势力 | è shì li | evil forces; criminals elements |
| 态势 | tài shì | posture; situation |
| 打把势 | dǎ bǎ shi | drill (in sword play); to thrash around; to demonstrate gymnastic skills; to solicit financial help (in an indirect way); to show off |
| 攻势 | gōng shì | (military) offensive |
| 时势造英雄 | shí shì zào yīng xióng | Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. |
| 有权势者 | yǒu quán shì zhě | person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge |
| 有钱有势 | yǒu qián yǒu shì | rich and powerful (idiom) |
| 东势 | Dōng shì | Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 东势乡 | Dōng shì xiāng | Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 东势镇 | Dōng shì zhèn | Tungshih town in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan |
| 核势 | hé shì | nuclear potential |
| 核均势 | hé jūn shì | nuclear parity |
| 欢势 | huān shi | lively; full of vigor; vibrant; spirited |
| 派势 | pài shì | style; manner |
| 涨势 | zhǎng shì | rising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices) |
| 狗仗人势 | gǒu zhàng rén shì | a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others |
| 发展趋势 | fā zhǎn qū shì | growing trend |
| 破竹之势 | pò zhú zhī shì | lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force |
| 花把势 | huā bǎ shì | expert flower grower |
| 蓄势待发 | xù shì dài fā | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc |
| 虚张声势 | xū zhāng shēng shì | bluff |
| 走势 | zǒu shì | tendency; trend; path |
| 趋炎附势 | qū yán fù shì | to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing |
| 军势 | jūn shì | army strength; military prowess or potential |
| 运势 | yùn shì | horoscope; one's fortune |
道高益安，
势高益危 | dào gāo yì ān ,
shì gāo yì wēi | More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). |
