形勝

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (形勝)		形	勝
simp. (形胜)		形	胜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshèng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shêng⁴
    • Yale: syíng-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshenq
    • Palladius: синшэн (sinšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ sing³
    • Yale: yìhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: heng syingH

Rime
Character	形	勝
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	戸經切	詩證切
Baxter	heng	syingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeŋ/	/ɕɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeŋ/	/ɕɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛŋ/	/ɕieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjŋ/	/ɕiŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣeŋ/	/ɕiəŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣieŋ/	/ɕĭəŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣieŋ/	/ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xíng	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4	sing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤeŋ  l̥əŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːŋ  hljɯŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	形	勝
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xíng	shèng
Middle Chinese	‹ heng ›	‹ syingH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/	/*l̥əŋ-s/
English	form, shape	overcome; surpass
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	形	勝
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	6862	17128
Phonetic component	井	朕
Rime group	耕	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	㓝	勝
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːŋ/	/*hljɯŋs/

Adjective

形勝

1. (literary, of terrain) precipitous and located in a superior and strategic position
2. (literary, of mountains and rivers) majestic and beautiful; magnificent

Noun

形勝

1. (literary) place that is precipitous and strategically located

Japanese

Kanji in this term
形	勝
けい Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 3
kan'on

Noun

形(けい)勝(しょう) • (keishō) 

1. scenic beauty