The word 胜利者 is formed by combining the characters 胜 (meaning "victory" or "to win"), 利 (meaning "benefit" or "advantage"), and 者 (a suffix meaning "one who" or "person"). 胜 and 利 together create the compound 胜利, meaning "victory". The addition of 者 to 胜利 results in 胜利者, literally "one who achieves victory", meaning "winner" or "victor".