飲勝

Chinese

		drink	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (飲勝)		飲	勝
simp. (饮胜)		饮	胜

Etymology

From taboo of mentioning 乾／干 (gon1, “dry; depleted”) in 乾杯／干杯 (gon1 bui1, “cheers”).

The Hokkien pronunciation is borrowed from Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jam² sing³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngim² sen¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám-sèng / iâm-séng

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam² sing³
    • Yale: yám sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngim² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡim⁵⁵ sen³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iám-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafmsexng
    • IPA (Penang): /iam⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ seŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâm-séng
    • Tâi-lô: iâm-síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iamseang
    • IPA (Penang): /iam²³⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴⁵/

Interjection

飲勝

1. (Cantonese, Malaysia, Singapore) cheers!; bottoms up!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾杯 (“cheers!”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾杯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	乾杯
	Taiwan	乾杯
	Harbin	乾杯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾杯
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	乾杯
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾杯
	Wanrong	乾杯
	Xining	乾杯, 乾杯子
	Xuzhou	乾了, 見底兒, 乾杯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	喝淨, 乾杯
	Lanzhou	乾杯, 乾了
	Ürümqi	乾杯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	乾杯, 乾了
	Wuhan	乾杯
	Guiyang	乾了, 喝乾, 見底
	Liuzhou	乾杯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	乾杯
Mandarin	Singapore	乾杯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲杯, 飲勝, 乾杯
	Hong Kong	飲杯, 飲勝, 乾杯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	飲勝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	乾杯
	Macau	飲勝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飲勝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飲勝
	Foshan	飲勝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	乾杯, 飲勝
	Foshan (Shunde)	飲勝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飲勝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飲勝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飲勝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飲勝
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飲贏佢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飲勝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飲勝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飲嗮佢
	Taishan	飲嗮佢, 飲勝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飲應佢
	Enping (Niujiang)	飲嗮佢
	Heshan (Yayao)	飲勝
	Dongguan	飲勝, 勝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乾杯
	Shaoguan	乾杯, 飲勝
	Yunfu	飲勝
	Xinyi	乾杯
	Lianjiang	乾杯, 飲勝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飲勝
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飲勝
Gan	Lichuan	乾杯
	Pingxiang	照杯
Hakka	Meixian	乾杯, 深飲, 盡盅
	Xingning	飲勝
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	乾杯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	乾杯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	乾杯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	乾杯
	Yudu	乾杯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乾杯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	乾杯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	乾杯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	乾杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乾杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	乾杯
	Hong Kong	飲
	Senai (Huiyang)	飲勝
Huizhou	Jixi	乾杯
Jin	Taiyuan	乾杯
	Xinzhou	乾杯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乾杯
Southern Min	Taipei	乾杯 GT, 乾 GT, 予焦啦 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	飲勝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	焦, 予焦啦
	Chaozhou	乾杯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	乾杯
	Leizhou	乾盅
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	乾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飲齊去
Wu	Shanghai	乾杯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	呷乾
	Suzhou	乾杯, 照面
	Hangzhou	乾杯
	Ningbo	碰杯
	Jinhua	乾杯
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

• → English: yam seng