永勝

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (永勝)		永	勝
simp. (永胜)		永	胜
Literally: “to always win; ever-victorious”.

Etymology

Changed from the previous name 永北 in 1934 as 永北 can be interpreted to mean "to always lose".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒngshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngshèng
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-shêng⁴
    • Yale: Yǔng-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongshenq
    • Palladius: Юншэн (Junšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ sing³
    • Yale: wíhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɪŋ³³/

Proper noun

永勝

1. (～縣) Yongsheng (a county of Lijiang, Yunnan, China)