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胜

shèng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 勝

What 胜 means

1. victory
2. success
3. to beat
4. to defeat
5. to surpass
6. victorious
7. superior to
8. to get the better of
9. better than
10. surpassing
11. superb (of vista)
12. beautiful (scenery)
13. wonderful (view)
14. (Taiwan pr. shēng) able to bear
15. equal to (a task)

Example sentences

• 聊胜于无。
  Liáoshèngyúwú.
  Something is better than nothing.
• 行胜于言。
  Deeds are better than words.
• 防胜于治。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 真理必胜。
  Truth will always prevail.
• 汤姆胜利了。
  Tom won.
• 共产主义必胜。
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì bìshèng.
  Communism will win.

Words starting with 胜

• 胜利shèng lìvictory
• 胜负shèng fùvictory or defeat; the outcome of a battle
• 胜过shèng guòto excel; to surpass
• 胜地shèng dìwell-known scenic spot
• 胜任shèng rènqualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
• 胜利者shèng lì zhěvictor; winner
• 胜诉shèng sùto win a court case
• 胜仗shèng zhàngvictory; victorious battle
• 胜者shèng zhěwinner
• 胜似shèng sìto surpass; better than; superior to
• 胜景shèng jǐngwonderful scenery
• 胜败shèng bàivictory or defeat; result
• 胜出shèng chūto come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success
• 胜率shèng lǜ(sports) win rate; winning percentage; probability of winning
• 胜算shèng suànodds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success
• 胜选shèng xuǎnto win an election
• 胜利日Shèng lì rìVictory Day
• 胜之不武shèng zhī bù wǔ(fig.) to fight a one-sided battle; to have an unfair advantage in a contest
• 胜任能力shèng rèn néng lìcompetency
• 胜利在望shèng lì zài wàngvictory is in sight
• 胜负欲shèng fù yùdesire to win; competitive drive
• 胜者王侯败者寇shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòuthe winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)…
• 胜不骄，败不馁shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něino arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
• 胜者王侯败者贼shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéisee 胜者王侯败者寇

Words containing 胜

• 名胜míng shènga place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot
• 优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tài(idiom) survival of the fittest
• 战胜zhàn shèngto prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
• 不胜bù shèngcannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very
• 获胜huò shèngto win
• 取胜qǔ shèngto score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
• 必胜bì shèngto be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
• 名胜古迹míng shèng gǔ jìhistorical sites and scenic spots
• 得胜dé shèngto triumph over an opponent
• 引人入胜yǐn rén rù shèngto enchant; fascinating
• 全胜quán shèngtotal victory; to excel by far; name of a tank
• 美不胜收měi bù shèng shōunothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
• 数不胜数shǔ bù shèng shǔ(idiom) too many to count; innumerable
• 不胜枚举bù shèng méi jǔtoo numerous to mention individually or one by one
• 防不胜防fáng bù shèng fáng(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
• 德胜门Dé shèng ménDeshengmen (Beijing)
• 优胜yōu shèng(of a contestant) winning; superior; excellent
• 制胜zhì shèngto win; to prevail; to come out on top
• 险胜xiǎn shèngto win by a narrow margin
• 乘胜chéng shèngto follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy
• 陈胜Chén ShèngChen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising…
• 决胜jué shèngto determine victory; to obtain victory
• 战无不胜zhàn wú bù shèng(idiom) all-conquering; invincible
• 好胜hào shèngeager to win; competitive; aggressive

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 朋péngfriend
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 膨péngswollen
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 塍chéngraised path between fields

Characters that look like 胜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 剩to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 圣(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 盛flourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 晟brightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 乘(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
• 嵊used in 嵊泗; used in 嵊州