好勝

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Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (好勝)		好	勝
simp. (好胜)		好	胜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàoshèng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàoshèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàoshèng
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴-shêng⁴
  - Yale: hàu-shèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshenq
  - Palladius: хаошэн (xaošɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ sing³
  - Yale: hou sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: hònn-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvorsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

好勝

striving to outdo others; eager to win; competitive; aggressive

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