好胜
hàoshèng
competitive; eager to win
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 他从小好胜，但真正进入职场后才明白合作比赢更重要。 Tā cóngxiǎo hàoshèng, dàn zhēnzhèng jìnrù zhíchǎng hòu cái míngbai hézuò bǐ yíng gèng zhòngyào. He had been competitive since childhood, but only after entering the workplace did he realise that cooperation matters more than winning.
- 她从小好胜，连跳绳都要争第一。 Tā cóngxiǎo hàoshèng, lián tiàoshéng dōu yào zhēng dìyī. She has been competitive since she was little; she wants to come first even at skipping rope.
- 我弟弟太好胜了，输了棋就不肯吃饭。 Wǒ dìdi tài hàoshèng le, shū le qí jiù bù kěn chīfàn. My younger brother is so competitive that he refuses to eat after losing a game of chess.