Chinese Word Entry
優勝劣汰Simplified Chinese form: 优胜劣汰
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄧㄡ ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄞˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | yōu shèng liè tài |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | jau1 sing3 lyut3 taai3 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 優 | tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness, superior, excellent |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄡ (yōu) |
| Cantonese: | jau1 |
| Japanese: | ユウ (yuu)、 ウ (u) / やさ.しい (yasashii)、 すぐ.れる (sugureru)、 まさ.る (masaru)、 わざおぎ (wazaogi) |
| Korean: | 우 (u) |
| Vietnamese: | ưu |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 优 |
| 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 |
| 劣 | inferiority, be inferior to, be worse, bad, inferior, slightly |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧㄝˋ (liè) |
| Cantonese: | lyut3 |
| Japanese: | レツ (retsu) / おと.る (otoru) |
| Korean: | 렬 (ryeol), 열 (yeol) |
| Vietnamese: | liệt |
| 汰 | washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury, excessive, scour, wash out |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄞˋ (tài) |
| Cantonese: | taai3 |
| Japanese: | タ (ta)、 タイ (tai) / おご.る (ogoru)、 にご.る (nigoru)、 よな.げる (yonageru) |
| Korean: | 태 (tae) |
| Vietnamese: | thái, thải, vè, thảy |