胜
victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
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How 胜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 生 (phonetic, shēng)
How to remember it
victory · Heisig RSH #1222
flesh + cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 生
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 生 (shēng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生 sound component | shēng | life, lifetime; birth; growth |
| 性 | xìng | sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective |
| 星 | xīng | star, planet; a point of light |
| 姓 | xìng | name, family name, surname; clan, people |
| 牲 | shēng | sacrificial animal; domestic animal |
| 笙 | shēng | free reed mouth organ |
| 甥 | shēng | niece, nephew; sister's child |
| 旌 | jīng | to signal; a flag adorned with feathers |
| 眚 | shěng | cataract; fault, error, crime |
Words containing 胜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人定胜天 | rén dìng shèng tiān | man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature |
| 数不胜数 | shǔ bù shèng shǔ | (idiom) too many to count; innumerable |
| 不可胜数 | bù kě shèng shǔ | countless; innumerable |
| 战无不胜 | zhàn wú bù shèng | (idiom) all-conquering; invincible |
| 不可胜言 | bù kě shèng yán | inexpressible (idiom); beyond description |
| 不胜酒力 | bù shèng jiǔ lì | to become intoxicated after having only one or two drinks |
| 战无不胜，攻无不克 | zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… |
| 攻无不克，战无不胜 | gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… |
| 胜之不武 | shèng zhī bù wǔ | (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle; to have an unfair advantage in a contest |
| 东胜区 | Dōng shèng Qū | Dongsheng, a district of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市[E4 er3 duo1 si1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 龙胜县 | Lóng shèng Xiàn | see 龍勝各族自治縣|龙胜各族自治县[Long2 sheng4 Ge4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 胜利日 | Shèng lì rì | Victory Day |
| 德胜门 | Dé shèng mén | Deshengmen (Beijing) |
| 胜利者 | shèng lì zhě | victor; winner |
| 美不胜收 | měi bù shèng shōu | nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom) |
| 身教胜于言教 | shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào | teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom); action speaks louder than words |
| 战无不胜，攻无不取 | zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… |
| 力不胜任 | lì bù shèng rèn | not to be up to the task (idiom); incompetent |
| 喜不自胜 | xǐ bù zì shèng | unable to contain one's joy (idiom) |
| 武胜县 | Wǔ shèng Xiàn | Wusheng, a county in Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |