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赢家 (yíng jiā) — winner

Definition

赢家 means 'winner' in any competition or contest — business, games, lotteries. 冠军 is reserved for the first-place champion of a specific sporting event.

noun
winner
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 赢家。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de yíng jiā shì wǒ men xué xiào de xué shēng.
    The winner of this competition is a student from our school.
  • ，赢家。
    Zài shēng yì chǎng shàng, tā cái shì yí gè zhēn zhèng de yíng jiā.
    In business, he is a true winner.
  • 赢家。
    Chōu jiǎng de yíng jiā huò dé le yì tái xīn diàn nǎo.
    The winner of the lottery got a new computer.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

赢yíngwin
家jiāperson

赢 means win and 家 means a person, so 赢家 is the person who wins.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贏; 赢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry; money
Sound part声符shēngfú
𦝠
𦝠𦝠贏yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 贏 is built from 貝 (cowry; money) and 𦝠, which gives the sound; the simplified 赢 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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