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

• 久病成良医(久病成良醫) long illness makes the patient into a good doctor
• 成德 to be mature in morality ; cultivation of virtue ; perfect virtue
• 可望有成 can be expected to be a success
• 成圣(成聖) to make holy
• 告成 to declare completion
• 见成(見成) already availablable; existing
• 成样子(成樣子) to appear well
• 胸有成略 the hero has plans already laid; to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is forearmed
• 恼羞成怒(惱羞成怒) anger and shame turn into rage; to fly into a rage
• 未成冠 minor (old usage, person under 20)
• 成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
• 提成 to take a percentage
• 成风(成風) following the current fashion
• 使成一体(使成一體) to unify
• 不以规矩，不能成方圆(不以規矩，不能成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
• 成式 a precedent
• 成心 intentional; deliberate ; a preconceived idea ; to satisfy desires
• 成败(成敗) success or failure; success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
• 成工 to complete a [building] project
• 走笔成文(走筆成文) to rapidly write a composition
• 成物 a ready made product
• 胸有成算 the hero has plans already laid; to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is forearmed
• 集大成 combined theory; synthesis
• 成渝 Chengdu and Chongqing
• 成殓(成殮) to complete a funeral ceremony
• 收成 a harvest
• 成象 to form an image; to call to mind
• 完成时(完成時) perfect tense
• 造成 to create; to cause
• 形成层(形成層) vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
• 媳妇熬成婆(媳婦熬成婆) even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law; the oppressed will become the oppressor
• 成上 on top of the city wall
• 积非成是(積非成是) a wrong repeated becomes right; a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
• 成千累万(成千累萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 兰郑长成品油管道(蘭鄭長成品油管道) Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
• 合成 to compose; to constitute; to synthesize from simple constituents ; a compound; a synthesic material
• 卫留成(衛留成) Wei Liucheng
• 累成狗 to be dog-tired
• 成始成终(成始成終) done well from start to finish
• 闰余成岁(閏餘成歲) extra days fill out the years
• 完成式 perfect; perfect form

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语音合成 、 金正成 、 成周 、 魏文成帝 、 文成县 、 成都体育大学 、 荣成湾 、 成安 、 金成 、 晋成帝

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• 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
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• 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
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Collocations

• 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
• 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: 5
• 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
• 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
• 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: 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
• 成子曰 (成子曰) 郤成子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
• 子成 (子成) 陽子成季之屬也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
• 成宋 (成宋) 以成宋亂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2
• 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