IDENTITY
赢yíngto win; to beat (an opponent)
HSK 4Top 173
CORE MEANING
to win; to beat (an opponent)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to winHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 贝shell radical (bèi)
- strokes
- 17
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱吂⿲月贝凡
- carries the sound (the old 亡 element, máng → yíng, historical)
- middle block of the lower cluster
- shells were early money; winning brings profit
- bottom-right part
USAGE
Common words
赢家yíngjiāwinner
赢得yíngdéto win; to gain
输赢shūyíngwin or loss
胜利shènglìvictory; to win
Graded examples
谁会赢？Shéi huì yíng?HSK2
Who will win?
我们赢了比赛。Wǒmen yíng le bǐsài.HSK3
We won the match.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Money (贝) at the bottom: winning brings profit.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #173
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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