优势 yōushì▶ ventaja

Stroke order

优势 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 优 — 6 strokes
• 势 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. superiority
2. dominance
3. advantage

Related words

• 优惠preferencial; favorable
• 优美Elegante, grácil
• 姿势postura
• 形势situación
• 趋势tendencia
• 优先primero

优势 is pronounced yōushì and means “ventaja”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 优势 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.