HSK 6 · Sport

胜负 shèngfù “victory or defeat” in Chinese

Traditional 勝負

What 胜负 means

  1. victory or defeat
  2. outcome
  3. the outcome of a battle

How to say 胜负

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale胜shèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale负fù4th tone, falling

胜负 in a sentence

  1. 这场比赛的胜负还很难说。

    Zhè chǎng bǐsài de shèngfù hái hěn nán shuō.

    It’s still hard to say who will win this match.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 友谊第一，胜负不重要。

    Yǒuyì dìyī, shèngfù bú zhòngyào.

    Friendship comes first; winning or losing doesn’t matter.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 胜负 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 胜 (shèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
胜shèngvictory
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 生life · shēngSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.

The character 负 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
负fùto bear
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 胜负

胜 9 strokes · 负 6 strokes

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胜负 (shèngfù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 胜负 (shèngfù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 胜负

Words with 胜

胜利shènglì · victory名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

Words with 负

负责fùzé · to be in charge of辜负gūfù · to let down欺负qīfu · to bully抱负bàofù · aspiration正负zhèngfù · positive and negative负担fùdān · burden

More words: Sport & Leisure

联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together攀登pāndēng · to climb潜水qiánshuǐ · to dive气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)田径tiánjìng · athletics跳跃tiàoyuè · to jump投掷tóuzhì · to throw选手xuǎnshǒu · competitor

FAQs

胜负 (shèngfù) means “victory or defeat” or “outcome”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèngfù: shèng with a 4th tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 胜负 is written 勝負. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 胜负 from the suggestions. Typing shengfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
胜负 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.