Japanese Word Entry
互角勝負| Kana: | ごかくしょうぶ |
| Romaji: | gokakushoubu |
| Definition: | equal contest, close game, well-matched game, even match |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 互 | mutually, reciprocally, together |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨˋ (hù) |
| Cantonese: | wu6 |
| Japanese: | ゴ (go)、 コ (ko) / たが.い (tagai)、 かたみ.に (katamini) |
| Korean: | 호 (ho) |
| Vietnamese: | hỗ |
| 角 | angle, corner, square, horn, antlers, point, Kangxi radical 148 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo), ㄐㄧㄚˇ (jiǎ), ㄐㄩㄝˊ (jué), ㄌㄨˋ (lù), ㄍㄨˇ (gǔ) |
| Cantonese: | gok3 |
| Japanese: | カク (kaku)、 ロク (roku)、 コク (koku) / かど (kado)、 つの (tsuno)、 すみ (sumi) |
| Korean: | 각 (gag) |
| Vietnamese: | giác, giốc, góc |
| 勝 | victory, win, prevail, excel, be better than |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄥˋ (shèng), ㄕㄥ (shēng) |
| Cantonese: | sing3 |
| Japanese: | ショウ (shou) / か.つ (katsu)、 -が.ち (-gachi)、 まさ.る (masaru)、 すぐ.れる (sugureru)、 たえる (taeru) |
| Korean: | 승 (seung) |
| Vietnamese: | thắng, thăng |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 胜 |
| 負 | defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility, load, burden, carry |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | fu6 |
| Japanese: | フ (fu)、 ブ (bu) / ま.ける (makeru)、 ま.かす (makasu)、 お.う (ou)、 たのむ (tanomu) |
| Korean: | 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | phụ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 负 |