胜 shèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胜负
shèngfù
win or lose; outcome
Characters in this word
负 fù
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 胜负还难说。 Shèng fù hái nán shuō. The outcome is still hard to say.
- 不问胜负。 Bú wèn shèng fù. Do not ask who wins or loses.
- 今天定胜负。 Jīn tiān dìng shèng fù. Today will decide the outcome.