勝負

See also: 胜负

Chinese

victorious; able to do; competent enough to
 
lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear
lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (勝負) 勝 負
simp. (胜负) 胜 负

Pronunciation


Noun

勝負

  1. victory or defeat

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝 負
しょう
Grade: 3
ぶ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーぶ [shóꜜòbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

勝(しょう)負(ぶ) • (shōbu) 

  1. a competition; a game; a match
    • 1933, 戸坂潤, 社会時評:
      国(こく)際(さい)競(きょう)争(そう)に限(かぎ)らず、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)は機(き)会(かい)均(きん)等(とう)でなければならぬ。
      Kokusai kyōsō ni kagirazu, shōbu wa kikai kintō de nakereba naranu.
      There must be equal opportunity in all games, not only international competitions.
    • 2007 March 15, Aoyama, Gosho, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく快(かい)斗(と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 108:
      私(わたし)の名(な)は黒猫(シャノアール)…来(き)たる日(にち)曜(よう )21(にじゅういち)時(じ)…ホテルオーシャンでの君(きみ)との勝(しょう)負(ぶ)が楽(たの)しみだ…
      Watashi no na wa Sha Noāru… Kitaru nichiyō nijūichi-ji…Hoteru Ōshan de no kimi tono shōbu ga tanoshimi da…
      My name is Chat Noir… next Sunday at 9 pm… I’m looking forward to the match with you at Hotel Ocean…
  2. victory or defeat, the outcome of a match
    • 1907, 夏目漱石, 虞美人草:
      勝(しょう)負(ぶ)はすでについた。
      Shōbu wa sude ni tsuita.
      The outcome was already decided.

Verb

勝(しょう)負(ぶ)する • (shōbu suru) intransitive suru (stem 勝(しょう)負(ぶ)し (shōbu shi), past 勝(しょう)負(ぶ)した (shōbu shita))

  1. compete; have a match

Conjugation

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