HSK 5 · Sport

胜利 shènglì “victory” in Chinese

Traditional 勝利

What 胜利 means

  1. victory

Measure word 个 gè · 一个胜利 yí ge shènglì

How to say 胜利

  • 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利lì4th tone, falling

胜利 in a sentence

  1. 他们祝贺我们的胜利。

    Tāmen zhùhè wǒmen de shènglì.

    They congratulated us on our victory.

    Sentence #779069 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 最后，他们感受到了胜利的喜悦。

    Zuìhòu, tāmen gǎnshòu dào le shènglì de xǐyuè.

    In the end, they felt the joy of victory.

    Sentence #754093 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 最大的胜利是战胜自己。

    Zuì dà de shènglì shì zhànshèng zìjǐ.

    The greatest victory is victory over yourself.

    Sentence #3380552 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 胜利 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 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 胜利

胜 9 strokes · 利 7 strokes

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

Words related to 胜利

Words with 胜

名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)便利biànlì · convenient锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)

More words: Sport & Leisure

俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)射击shèjī · to shoot太极拳tàijíquán · tai chi (taijiquan)武术wǔshù · martial arts夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess

FAQs

胜利 (shènglì) means “victory”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shènglì: shèng with a 4th tone, then lì 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, 胜利 is written 勝利. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one victory is 一个胜利 (yí ge shènglì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 胜利 from the suggestions. Typing shengli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
胜利 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.