赢 meaning and stroke order
To beat; to win; to profit
How to write 赢, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 赢
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to beat
- to win
- to profit
How 赢 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Money.
贝 gives the meaning.
Radical: 贝 (sea shell), shared by 63 characters on this site.
How to remember 赢
赢 (yíng) is stacked from 亡 (wáng, to lose), 口 (kǒu, mouth), 月 (a meat/body form), 贝 (bèi, shell money) and 凡 (fán, ordinary). Picture it as a list of everything you can gain by winning: food for your mouth, meat for your body, and money in your purse. The 贝 part is the meaning clue, since winning brings profit.
赢 means to win a game, a fight or an argument, and it can also mean to gain or profit. It often takes the competition or the opponent as its object, and it appears in words like 赢得 (yíngdé, to win or earn) and 双赢 (shuāngyíng, win-win). Example: 我们队赢了。(Wǒmen duì yíng le.) Our team won.
Common mistake: Learners often say 赢 when they mean winning a prize. Chinese uses 得奖 (dé jiǎng) or 中奖 (zhòng jiǎng) for that, so 赢奖 sounds odd. In handwriting, people also mix up the bottom row, so remember the order is 月, then 贝, then 凡.
Common words with 赢
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
赢 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 赢
How many strokes are in 赢?
赢 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 赢 mean?
赢 (yíng) means to beat; to win; to profit. A common word with it is 赢得 (yíngdé), meaning "to win; to gain".
How do you pronounce 赢?
赢 is pronounced yíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 赢?
The radical of 赢 is 贝, which carries the idea of "sea shell". Dictionaries list 赢 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 赢?
The traditional form of 赢 is 贏. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 赢 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 赢 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 赢 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 赢 and 胜?
赢 (yíng) is the everyday spoken word for winning, as in 赢了 (yíng le, won). 胜 (shèng) is more formal or written and appears in words like 胜利 (shènglì, victory) and 获胜 (huòshèng, to win).
How do you say you lost, the opposite of 赢?
The opposite is 输 (shū), as in 我们输了 (wǒmen shū le, we lost). The two combine into 输赢 (shūyíng), meaning the outcome, win or loss.