Chinese symbol for “superiority”
优势
yōu shì
Traditional: 優勢
superiority; dominance; advantage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for superiority is 优势 (yōu shì), defined as: superiority; dominance; advantage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “superiority”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 优势.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优秀 (優秀) | yōu xiù | outstanding; excellent |
| 优惠 (優惠) | yōu huì | privilege; favorable (terms) |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 优质 (優質) | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 优化 (優化) | yōu huà | to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 趋势 (趨勢) | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “superiority”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.