| 势 | shì | power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals |
| 势力 | shì li | power; (ability to) influence |
| 势能 | shì néng | potential energy |
| 势头 | shì tóu | power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things |
| 势如破竹 | shì rú pò zhú | sweeping |
| 势均力敌 | shì jūn lì dí | evenly matched adversaries (idiom) |
| 势不两立 | shì bù liǎng lì | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints |
| 势必 | shì bì | to be bound to; undoubtedly will |
| 势不可当 | shì bù kě dāng | impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force |
| 势利 | shì lì | selfishly concerned with gaining advantages for oneself |
| 势利眼 | shì lì yǎn | be self-interested |
| 势在必得 | shì zài bì dé | to be determined to win (idiom) |
| 势在必行 | shì zài bì xíng | circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary; imperative |
| 势子 | shì zi | gesture; posture |
| 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.) |
