How to say “win” in Chinese

赢得
yíngdé

win, gain

verb · HSK 4 · topic “Sports and wrap-up”

“Win” in Chinese is 赢得, yíng dé: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

赢得 is read yíng dé: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

yíng — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
dé — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

赢
yíng — win

Five parts: 亡, 口, 月, 贝, 凡. In the bottom middle, 贝 “money” — the winnings.

得
dé — get, obtain

In 觉得 it is read with the neutral tone: de.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “赢得”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 赢得. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 他们赢得了球迷的尊重tāmenyíngdéleqiúmídezūnzhòngThey earned the fans' respect.
  • 他为国家赢得了荣誉tāwèiguójiāyíngdéleróngyùHe brought glory to his country.

More words from the lesson “Winning and losing”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “win” in Chinese?

“Win” in Chinese is 赢得, pinyin yíngdé.

What does 赢得 mean?

赢得 (yíngdé) means “win, gain”.

How do you write 赢得?

赢得 is 2 characters: 赢 (yíng) — win; 得 (dé) — get, obtain. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 赢得?

赢得 is read yíngdé. Tones: yíng — second tone, dé — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“win” in the lesson “Winning and losing”

This word is from the topic “Sports and wrap-up” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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