(yíng) - to win, to beat in Mandarin
yíngTraditional: 贏
Translation
to win, to beat
Word origin
赢 (yíng) means 'to win'. It is a complex character combining several components, including 贝 (bèi, 'cowrie shell, money') which carries the sense of gain or profit, alongside 亡, 口, 月 and 凡.
- Origin
- compound (with 贝 'shell/money' for sense)
- Root
- 赢, including 贝 (bèi, 'shell, money') for the sense of gain
Stroke order
赢
Examples
！
We won!
。
He won the competition.
？
Who do you think will win?
。
Our team won the match.
。
Our team won the match in the end.
赢 (yíng) means to win or beat an opponent or game. It is the standard verb for winning competitions, arguments, or bets (赢比赛, win a match; 赢得信任, win trust). Its antonym is 输 (shū, to lose). The traditional character 赢 has 17 strokes and is notoriously complex to write. 赢家 (yíng jiā) means winner and 输赢 (shū yíng) means win or lose, often used to mean the outcome of a contest.
Where this fits
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 赢.
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