# 百戰百勝
## Chinese

| | | a hundred battles; many battles | to win a hundred victories; to win every battle; to be ever-victorious |
| trad. (百戰百勝) | trad. (百戰百勝) | 百戰 | 百勝 |
| simp. (百战百胜) | simp. (百战百胜) | 百战 | 百胜 |
| Literally: “to fight a hundred battles and win a hundred victories”. ||||

### Etymology

From The Art of War:
    是故百戰百勝，非善之善者也；不戰而屈人之兵，善之善者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]是故百战百胜，非善之善者也；不战而屈人之兵，善之善者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Art of War, circa 5th century BCEShìgù bǎizhànbǎishèng, fēi shàn zhī shàn zhě yě; bù zhàn ér qū rén zhī bīng, shàn zhī shàn zhě yě. [Pinyin]Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Alternatively, from Guanzi:
    是故以眾擊寡，以治擊亂，以富擊貧，以能擊不能，以教卒練士擊敺眾白徒，故十戰十勝，百戰百勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]是故以众击寡，以治击乱，以富击贫，以能击不能，以教卒练士击驱众白徒，故十战十胜，百战百胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CEShìgù yǐ zhòng jī guǎ, yǐ zhì jī luàn, yǐ fù jī pín, yǐ néng jī bùnéng, yǐ jiàozú liànshì jī qūzhòng báitú, gù shí zhàn shí shèng, bǎizhànbǎishèng. [Pinyin]The reason for this is that the many should be used to attack the few, the well organized to attack the disorganized, the well equipped to attack the poorly equipped, the able to attack the incompetent, well-instructed troops and trained knights to attack impressed hordes and untrained conscripts. As a result, in ten battles there will be ten victories; in a hundred battles, a hundred victories.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎizhànbǎishèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^3$ zin$^3$ baak$^3$ sing$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pak-chan-pak-sṳn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pek-chiàn-pek-sèng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^4$ ziang$^3$ bêh$^4$ sêng$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎizhànbǎishèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎijhànbǎishèng
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^3$-chan$^4$-pai$^3$-shêng$^4$
*** Yale: bǎi-jàn-bǎi-shèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baejannbaeshenq
*** Palladius: байчжаньбайшэн (bajčžanʹbajšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^3$ zin$^3$ baak$^3$ sing$^3$
*** Yale: baak jin baak sing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^8$ dzin$^3$ baak$^8$ sing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^3$ jin$^3$ bag$^3$ xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚³ t͡siːn³³ paːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-chan-pak-sṳn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bag$^ˋ$ zan bag$^ˋ$ siin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bag$^5$ zan$^4$ bag$^5$ sin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pak̚² t͡san⁵⁵ pak̚² sɨn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-chiàn-pek-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: pik-tsiàn-pik-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pekciernpeksexng
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^4$ ziang$^3$ bêh$^4$ sêng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh tsiàng peh sèng
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ²⁻⁴ t͡siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ peʔ²⁻⁴ seŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: paek tsyenH paek syingH
Rime :
| Character | 百 | 戰 | 勝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 章 (23) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) | 仙 (77) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III | III |
| Fanqie | 博陌切 | 之膳切 | 詩證切 |
| Baxter | paek | tsyenH | syingH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠæk̚/ | /t͡ɕiᴇn$^H$/ | /ɕɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚak̚/ | /t͡ɕiɛn$^H$/ | /ɕɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pak̚/ | /t͡ɕjæn$^H$/ | /ɕieŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨjk̚/ | /cian$^H$/ | /ɕiŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pɐk̚/ | /t͡ɕiɛn$^H$/ | /ɕiəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pɐk̚/ | /t͡ɕĭɛn$^H$/ | /ɕĭəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pɐk̚/ | /t͡ɕi̯ɛn$^H$/ | /ɕi̯əŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bo | zhàn | shèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bak$^1$ | zin$^3$ | sing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak tar-s pˤrak l̥əŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ tjans praːɡ hljɯŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 百 | 戰 | 戰 | 勝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǎi | zhàn | zhàn | shèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pæk › | ‹ tsyen$^H$ › | ‹ tsyen$^H$ › | ‹ sying$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁrak/ | /*tar-s/ | /*tar-s/ | /*l̥əŋ-s/ |
| English | hundred | to fear | battle | 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 | 百 | 戰 | 勝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 194 | 2019 | 17128 |
| Phonetic component | 白 | 單 | 朕 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 元 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 伯 | 戰 | 勝 |
| Old Chinese | /*praːɡ/ | /*tjans/ | /*hljɯŋs/ |

### Idiom

百戰百勝
* to win every battle; to be ever-victorious

#### Synonyms

* 戰無不勝／战无不胜 (zhànwúbùshèng)

#### Derived terms

* 知己知彼，百戰百勝／知己知彼，百战百胜 (zhījǐzhībǐ, bǎizhànbǎishèng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 百戦百勝(ひゃくせんひゃくしょう) (hyakusenhyakushō)
* → Korean: 백전백승(百戰百勝) (baekjeonbaekseung)
* → Vietnamese: bách chiến bách thắng (百戰百勝)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 百 | 戰 | 百 | 勝 |

### Noun

百戰百勝 • (baekjeonbaekseung) (hangeul 백전백승)
* hanja form of 백전백승

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 百 | 戰 | 百 | 勝 |

### Phrase

百戰百勝
* chữ Hán form of bách chiến bách thắng.