飲勝

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Chinese

drink victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (飲勝)
simp. (饮胜)

Etymology

From taboo of mentioning (gon1, “dry; depleted”) in 乾杯干杯 (gon1 bui1, “cheers”).

The Hokkien pronunciation is borrowed from Cantonese.

Pronunciation


Interjection

飲勝

  1. (Cantonese, Malaysia, Singapore) cheers!; bottoms up!

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Descendants

  • English: yam seng