成 chéng

1. chéng verb to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to succeed; to perfect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 君子去仁，惡乎成名？ 'If a superior man [junzi] abandon virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; CCD 1 '成' 1; Guoyu '成' v 1; Kroll 2015 '成' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '成', p. 48; Unihan '成'; XHZD '成' 1)
2. chéng measure word one tenth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD 2 '成'; Guoyu '成' n 1; XHZD '成' 9)
3. chéng verb to become; to turn into
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 成为; for example, 把猫说成虎 'to describe a cat [to become] as a tiger' [to exaggerate] (CCD 1 '成' 3; Guoyu '成' v 2; Suyu, p. 15; XHZD '成' 3)
4. chéng verb to grow up; to ripen; to mature
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 生长 (CCD 1 '成' 5; Guoyu '成' v 4; XHZD '成' 2)
5. chéng verb to set up; to establish; to develop; to form
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 3, p. 48)
6. chéng noun a full measure of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '成' n 3; Kroll 2015 '成' 1b, p. 48)
7. chéng verb whole
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 完整 (Guoyu '成' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '成' 2, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '成', p. 49)
8. chéng adjective set; established
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 6; Guoyu '成' adj 2; XHZD '成' 8)
9. chéng adjective to reache a certain degree; to amount to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 达到 (CCD 1 '成' 7; Guoyu '成' v 3; Kroll 2015 '成' 5, p. 48; XHZD '成' 7)
10. chéng adjective to reconcile
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 4, p. 48)
11. chéng adverb alright; OK
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In spoken Chinese, in the sense of 可以 or 行 (CCD 1 '成' 8; Guoyu '成' v 5; XHZD '成' 5)
12. chéng measure word an area of ten square miles
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '成' n 2; Kroll 2015 '成' 6, p. 49)
13. chéng verb to resmble; to be similar to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 7, p. 49)
14. chéng adjective composed of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 成分 ingredient (Guoyu '成' adj 3)
15. chéng noun a result; a harvest; an achievement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 成果 or 成就 (CCD 1 '成' 4; XHZD '成' 4)
16. chéng adjective capable; able; accomplished
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 9; Kroll 2015 '成' 1c, p. 48; XHZD '成' 6)
17. chéng verb to help somebody achieve something
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 成全 (CCD 1 '成' 2)
18. chéng proper noun Cheng
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 10; Guoyu '成' n 4)

Contained in

• 成名 to earn a good reputation ; to name; to give a name ; reputation ; to make one's name; to become famous
• 弄假成真 pretense that turns into reality; to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
• 蔚然成风(蔚然成風) to have become common practice; to become a general trend
• 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
• 成殓(成殮) to complete a funeral ceremony
• 相辅而成(相輔而成) to help each other
• 八成 eighty percent ; most probably; most likely
• 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全(少女露笑臉，婚事半成全) When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done.
• 建成 to establish; to build
• 阶级成分(階級成分) social composition; social status (in Marxist theory, especially using during the Cultural Revolution)
• 机会成本(機會成本) opportunity cost
• 成案 a case precedent ; an already processed case
• 自成一家 to have a style of one's own
• 盐成土(鹽成土) Halosols
• 成也萧何，败也萧何(成也蕭何，敗也蕭何) raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He
• 成竹在胸 imagine a complete image of bamboo [before drawing it]
• 成日 all day long; the whole day; the whole time
• 编成(編成) to organize; to edit
• 打成一片 to unify as a whole
• 水到渠成 where water flows a channel will form
• 久病成医(久病成醫) (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
• 火成碎屑 pyroclastic
• 成仁 to work towards a good cause; to die for a good cause
• 成骨不全症 osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); brittle bone disease
• 功成 a meritorious achievement
• 成工 to complete a [building] project
• 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 相辅相成(相輔相成) to help each other; to complement one another
• 成组(成組) to form a group
• 成话(成話) to make sense
• 成了器 to be able to do something
• 塑造成 to shape into; to mold (into some form); to fashion into
• 既成事实(既成事實) fait accompli
• 成长率(成長率) growth rate
• 速成 to take an intensive course
• 未成年人 minor (i.e. person under 18)
• 成千成万(成千成萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 成器 to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
• 成文宪法(成文憲法) [written] constitution [of a country]
• 成均 college
• 心想事成 to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
• 嗜痂成癖 to have strange and dangerous addictions
• 下笔成章(下筆成章) to put a pen to paper and immediately produce a composition
• 基本完成 fundamentally complete; basically finished
• 迄未成功 in the end, still not accomplished
• 成道在人间(成道在人間) became enlightened in the world

Also contained in

成功镇 、 范成大 、 萧道成 、 金日成 、 成县

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• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 166
• 卷六十九　志第二十: 　禮樂三 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Rites and Music 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 121
• 卷二百三十八 列傳第一百二十六 李成梁 麻貴 Volume 238 Biographies 126: Li Chengliang, Ma Gui History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 60
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 60
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 58
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 57
• 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 56
• 卷二百三十一 列傳第一百十九 顧憲成 顧允成 錢一本 于孔兼 史孟麟 薛敷教 安希范 劉元珍 葉茂才 Volume 231 Biographies 119: Gu Xiancheng, Gu Yuncheng, Qian Yiben, Yu Kongjian, Shi Menglin, Xue Fujiao, An Xifan, Liu Yuanzhen, Ye Maocai History of Ming 明史 — count: 53
• 卷三十八 志第十四 曆八 Volume 38 Treatises 14: Calendar 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 50

Collocations

• 求成 (求成) 而求成焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 成季 (成季) 成季使以君命命僖叔待于鍼巫氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 取成 (取成) 取成于宋而還 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 成子 (成子) 成子得政 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 以求成 (以求成) 請王命以求成于齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 行成 (行成) 使子人九行成于晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 楚成 (楚成) 楚成得臣帥師伐陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 郤成 (郤成) 郤成子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 成命 (成命) 以成命也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
• 先王成 (先王成) 監于先王成憲 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 2