How to say “defeat” in Chinese
defeat, overcome
“Defeat” in Chinese is 战胜, zhàn shèng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
战胜 is read zhàn shèng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the right, 戈 “weapon”; on the left, 占 zhàn hints at the reading.
On the right, 生 shēng hints at the reading. The opposite of 败 “defeat”.
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 “战胜”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 战胜. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 她终于战胜了疾病tāzhōngyúzhànshènglejíbìngShe finally beat the illness.
- 我们一定能战胜困难wǒmenyídìngnéngzhànshèngkùnnanWe'll definitely overcome the difficulties.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “defeat” in Chinese?
“Defeat” in Chinese is 战胜, pinyin zhànshèng.
What does 战胜 mean?
战胜 (zhànshèng) means “defeat, overcome”.
How do you write 战胜?
战胜 is 2 characters: 战 (zhàn) — war, battle; 胜 (shèng) — win, triumph. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 战胜?
战胜 is read zhànshèng. Tones: zhàn — fourth tone, shèng — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“defeat” in the lesson “The sides of a conflict”
This word is from the topic “Peace, war and diplomacy” of HSK 6. 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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