赢 (yíng): to win
赢 (yíng) is a Chinese character meaning “to win.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 吂 (structural), ⺼ (structural) and 贝 (semantic). It ranks #1819 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赢 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, expensive), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to win
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticmoney
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 赢
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 输赢noun | shū yíng | win or loss |
| 赢利noun | yíng lì | gain |
| 赢家通吃phrase | yíng jiā tōng chī | winner takes all |
| 赢家noun | yíng jiā | winner |
| 赢面noun | yíng miàn | chance of winning |
| 打赢verb | dǎ yíng | to win |
| 共赢verb | gòng yíng | mutually profitable |
| 赢球verb | yíng qiú | (ball sports) to win a match |
| 双赢verb | shuāng yíng | profitable to both sides |
| 跑赢verb | pǎo yíng | (finance) to outperform (the market) |
| 赢余 | yíng yú | variant of 盈餘|盈余 |
| 躺赢verb | tǎng yíng | to win without needing to even lift a finger |
赢 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 赢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这场比赛我们赢了，大家都很兴奋。
Zhè chǎng bǐsài wǒmen yíng le, dàjiā dōu hěn xīngfèn.
We won this game; everyone is very excited.
主权卫星商机崛起 华通搭上热潮成大赢家
zhǔ quán wèi xīng shāng jī jué qǐ huá tōng dā shàng rè cháo chéng dà yíng jiā
Sovereign Satellite Business Opportunities Emerge Huatong Rides the Wave to Become a Major Winner
【战况R11】罗廐练马师团体马又赢 全家总动员拉头马!
zhàn kuàng luó 廐 liàn mǎ shī tuán tǐ mǎ yòu yíng quán jiā zǒng dòng yuán lā tóu mǎ !
【Race Report R11】Luo Stable's Team Wins Again! Family Mobilizes to Lead the Charge!
黄洛妍神倒模叶蒨文唱功 李尹嫣献声赢奖金
huáng 洛 妍 shén dǎo mó xié 蒨 wén chàng gōng lǐ 尹 嫣 xiàn shēng yíng jiǎng jīn
Huang Luoyan's Divine Impersonation of Ye Qianwen's Vocal Skills Li Yinyan's Performance Wins Prize Money
港姐冠军黄嘉雯豪宅曝光 去年荣升马主赢254万
gǎng jiě guàn jūn huáng jiā 雯 háo zhái pù guāng qù nián róng shēng mǎ zhǔ yíng wàn
Miss Hong Kong winner Wong Ka-man's luxury mansion revealed Became a racehorse owner last year and won HK$2.54 million
...集“明星版《唱钱》” 黄洛妍李尹嫣为观众赢得逾万元现金奖贺新春
. . . jí míng xīng bǎn chàng qián huáng 洛 妍 lǐ 尹 嫣 wéi guàn zhòng yíng dé yú wàn yuán xiàn jīn jiǎng hè xīn chūn
Star-Studded Edition of "Sing for Cash" Huang Luoyan and Li Yinyan Win Over 10,000 Yuan in Cash Prizes for Audience to Celebrate Chinese New Year
他的演说赢得了观众热烈的掌声。
Tā de yǎnshuō yíngdé le guānzhòng rèliè de zhǎngshēng.
The audience clapped loudly after his speech.
他赢了冠军就自吹自擂了起来。
Tā yíng le guànjūn jiù zìchuīzìléi le qǐlai.
He boasted of having won the first prize.
荷兰赢得了2010年世界杯足球赛。
Hélán yíngdé le 2010 nián Shìjièbēi zúqiúsài.
The Netherlands have won the 2010 World Cup.
赢的机会微乎其微。
Yíng de jīhuì wēihūqíwēi.
There's an outside chance of winning.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 贝 (money) component
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