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

• 成章 to bring to a successful conclusion ; for a piece of music to finish ; to form a coherent composition
• 开口成脏(開口成髒) to use foul language
• 功能性磁共振成像 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
• 一事无成(一事無成) to accomplish nothing; to get nowhere
• 成书(成書) to publish as a book
• 成夜 all night long
• 点铁成金(點鐵成金) to touch base matter and turn it to gold; to turn crude writing into a literary gem
• 一气呵成(一氣呵成) to do something in one breath; to do something in one attempt
• 成层(成層) layered; stratified
• 成群结党(成群結黨) a collection of groups and circles of people; a large group
• 下笔成篇(下筆成篇) to put a pen to paper and immediately produce a composition
• 既成事实(既成事實) fait accompli
• 赞成(贊成) to approve; to endorse ; to assist
• 习以成性(習以成性) deeply ingrained; steeped in
• 齐武成(齊武成) Emperor Wucheng of Qi
• 宝成铁路(寶成鐵路) Baoji-Chengdu Railway
• 恨铁不成钢(恨鐵不成鋼) to hate iron for not becoming steel
• 网络成瘾(網絡成癮) Internet addiction; net addiction; web addiction
• 浑然天成(渾然天成) to resemble nature itself; of the highest quality
• 合成器 synthesizer
• 性成熟 sexual maturity
• 吸毒成瘾(吸毒成癮) drug addiction
• 成日 all day long; the whole day; the whole time
• 成家 to get married; to start a family ; to have sufficient academic achievement to found a school of though or field of study
• 大成 great accomplishment ; large step in tone in ancient Chinese music ; Da Cheng
• 胸有成略 the hero has plans already laid; to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is forearmed
• 积土成山(積土成山) piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain; success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
• 成群 to be in a group; to be in a herd
• 句子成分 a sentence element
• 好梦难成(好夢難成) a beautiful dream is hard to realize
• 历史成本(歷史成本) historic cost
• 合成语境(合成語境) composite context
• 既成 already complete
• 胸有成算 the hero has plans already laid; to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is forearmed
• 切成块(切成塊) to cut into cubes; to dice (vegetable)
• 成果 result; achievement
• 合成橡胶(合成橡膠) synthetic rubber
• 成规(成規) established rules ; a prior plan
• 加工成本 processing cost
• 当成(當成) to consider as; to take to be
• 成见(成見) preconceived idea ; bias; prejudice

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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
• 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
• 成厥 (成厥) 禹成厥功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — 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
• 厥成 (厥成) 虞芮質厥成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧緜 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Mian — 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
• 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
• 礼成 (禮成) 禮成而不反 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2