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

• 急于求成(急於求成) to be anxious for quick results
• 成本 business costs
• 频率合成(頻率合成) frequency synthesis
• 水到渠成 where water flows a channel will form
• 合成物 compound; composite; cocktail
• 性成熟 sexual maturity
• 集成 integrated
• 成擒 to capture; to arrest
• 绩成(績成) to complete
• 成层(成層) layered; stratified
• 成贪鄙之化(成貪鄙之化) encouraging tendencies to selfishness and greed
• 九成 nine-tenths; ninety percent
• 形成层(形成層) vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
• 成熟期 maturation period
• 奉子成婚 marriage arranged following a pregnancy; marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy
• 独木难成林(獨木難成林) a lone tree does not make a forest
• 功成 a meritorious achievement
• 少年老成 accomplished though young; lacking youthful vigor
• 成人 adult ; someone with merit and ability ; to become someone worthy of respect ; to become an adult
• 没有规矩，何以成方圆(沒有規矩，何以成方圓) without rules, how can anything be done; one must follow some rules
• 风成(風成) produced by wind; eolian
• 核合成 nucleosynthesis
• 成形 to take shape; shaping; forming
• 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
• 成功感 sense of accomplishment
• 成蛹 to pupate; to become a chrysalis
• 煅成末 to calcine (purify by heating)
• 成败论人(成敗論人) to judge people based on their success or failure
• 成材 to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber
• 成败利钝(成敗利鈍) succeed or fail, sharp or blunt; advantages and disadvantages; success and failure
• 成例 a convention; a precedent
• 不打不成器 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 坐享其成 to reap where one has not sown
• 成篇 forming a complete chapter or essay ; a full chapter
• 走笔成章(走筆成章) to rapidly write a composition
• 责成(責成) give somebody a task
• 因人成事 to get things done relying on others; with a little help from his friends
• 成物 a ready made product
• 积习成常(積習成常) accumulated habits become the norm
• 合成橡胶(合成橡膠) synthetic rubber
• 合成代谢(合成代謝) anabolism; constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimilation
• 外来成语(外來成語) loan idiom

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昭成皇帝 、 成佛 、 明成皇后 、 成功镇 、 成武县 、 建成区 、 妙成就 、 容成氏 、 荣成市

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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: 165
• 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: 118
• 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: 74
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 60
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 58
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 58
• 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: 52
• 卷三十八 志第十四 曆八 Volume 38 Treatises 14: Calendar 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 50
• 卷六十八　志第十九: 　禮樂二 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Rites and Music 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 49

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 大成 (大成) 展也大成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧車攻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Che Gong — 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
• 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
• 成师 (成師) 命之曰成師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 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