"Momentum" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 声势 | shēng shì | fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum |   |
| 势头 | shì tóu | power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things | |
| 冲力 | chōng lì | momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) | |
| 动量 | dòng liàng | momentum | |
| 势 |  shì | power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals | |
| 东风 | dōng fēng | easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum / favorable circumstances | |
| 来势 | lái shì | momentum of sth approaching | |
| 涨势 | zhǎng shì | rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices) | |
| 推波助澜 | tuī bō zhù lán | to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire | |
| 波澜壮阔 | bō lán zhuàng kuò | surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale | |
| 守恒 | shǒu héng | conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) | |
| 万马奔腾 | wàn mǎ bēn téng | lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom) / fig. with great momentum / going full speed ahead | |
| 角动量 | jiǎo dòng liàng | angular momentum | |
| 动量轮 | momentum wheel | | |
| 人口势头 | population momentum | | |
| 鲲鹏展翅 | kūn péng zhǎn chì | lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet | |
| 失去后劲 | shī qù hòu jìn | to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam | |
| 发力 | fā lì | to exert oneself / to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum / to perform strongly | |
