获胜 (huò shèng) — to win a victory; to triumph

Definition

Formal verb meaning 'to win (a contest / battle)'. More literary than 赢, which is the everyday word for winning anything; 获胜 is reserved for matches, elections, or military contexts.

verb

to win a victoryto triumph

Examples

获胜。
Wǒ men de qiú duì zài jué sài zhōng huò shèng le.
Our team won in the final.
，。
Tā céng jīng huò guò sān cì shèng, jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.
He has won three times before, so he is very experienced.
获胜。
Zhè cì bǐ sài tā men zhōng yú huò shèng le.
They finally won this competition.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

获huòobtain

胜shèngvictory

"获" means obtain and "胜" means victory, so the sense is to win.

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 獲; 获 is its simplified writing.

犭蒦獲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

蒦

蒦huò獲huò

Same sound today

The traditional form 獲 combines 犭 (dog) with 蒦, a sound part, to show catching animals with a dog. The simplified 获 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

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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

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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