优胜 (yōu shèng) — winning (having won a competition); superior; e… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

winning (having won a competition)superiorexcellent

Examples

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Tā shì běn cì bǐ sài de yōu shèng zhě.
He is the winner of this competition.
优胜。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de yōu shèng chǎn pǐn hěn shòu huān yíng.
This company's superior products are very popular.
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yōu shèng Liè tài shì shì chǎng jīng jì de guī lǜ.
Survival of the fittest is a law of market economy.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

优yōuexcellent or superior

胜shèngwinning

优 means excellent or superior, and 胜 means winning; together they describe being the better side.

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 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

亻憂優

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

憂

憂yōu優yōu

Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

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

肉肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

生shēng胜shèng

Same sound today

The simplified 胜 changes the traditional 勝 by replacing part of its sound side with 生; the left 肉 relates to meat.

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