胜

shèng · sheng

Traditional 勝

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. victory
  2. success
  3. to beat
  4. to defeat
  5. to surpass
  6. victorious
  7. superior to
  8. to get the better of
  9. better than
  10. surpassing
  11. superb (of vista)
  12. beautiful (scenery)
  13. wonderful (view)
  14. (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear
  15. equal to (a task)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yí)个(gè)好(hǎo)邻(lín)居(jū)胜(shèng)于(yú)一(yí)个(gè)遥(yáo)远(yuǎn)的(de)朋(péng)友(you)。

A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

一(yì)般(bān)来(lái)说(shuō),消(xiāo)费(fèi)者(zhě)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)数(shù)量(liàng)胜(shèng)于(yú)质(zhì)量(liàng)。

In general, consumers prefer quantity to quality.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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