成 chéng
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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) -
chéng
measure word
one tenth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 2 '成'; Guoyu '成' n 1; XHZD '成' 9) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
chéng
noun
a full measure of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '成' n 3; Kroll 2015 '成' 1b, p. 48) -
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) -
chéng
adjective
set; established
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 6; Guoyu '成' adj 2; XHZD '成' 8) -
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) -
chéng
adjective
to reconcile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 4, p. 48) -
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) -
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) -
chéng
verb
to resmble; to be similar to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 7, p. 49) -
chéng
adjective
composed of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 成分 ingredient (Guoyu '成' adj 3) -
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) -
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) -
chéng
verb
to help somebody achieve something
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 成全 (CCD 1 '成' 2) -
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
- 溃不成军(潰不成軍) utterly defeated
- 米已成炊 the rice has already been cooked; what is done cannot be undone
- 切成 to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred
- 成双(成雙) double
- 物种形成(物種形成) speciation
- 化学成分(化學成分) chemical composition
- 成事 a completed matter ; a past matter ; to complete
- 生产成本(生產成本) production costs
- 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
- 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
- 守成 to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
- 浑然天成(渾然天成) to resemble nature itself; of the highest quality
- 频率合成(頻率合成) frequency synthesis
- 成丁 (of a male) to come of age; an adult male
- 驾鹤成仙(駕鶴成仙) to fly on a crane and become immortal
- 众志成城(眾志成城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
- 水到渠成 where water flows a channel will form
- 译成(譯成) to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
- 合成代谢(合成代謝) anabolism; constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimilation
- 成千上万(成千上萬) untold numbers; innumerable
- 众心成城(眾心成城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
- 装成(裝成) to pretend
- 拼成 to put together from component parts
- 天成 as if made by heaven
- 机会带来成功(機會帶來成功) Opportunity brings success.
- 波澜老成(波瀾老成) splendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome
- 开口成脏(開口成髒) to use foul language
- 天命成败(天命成敗) success and failure are determined by the mandate of heaven
- 成因 cause; factor; cause of formation
- 大成 great accomplishment ; large step in tone in ancient Chinese music ; Da Cheng
- 成日 all day long; the whole day; the whole time
- 高不成低不就 can't reach the high or accept the low
- 现成(現成) ready made
- 成何体统(成何體統) What a scandal!; Whatever next?
- 大器晚成 it takes a long time to make a big pot; a great talent matures slowly; in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- 成不了气候(成不了氣候) won't get far; unlikely to be successful
- 不成文法 unwritten law
- 机会成本(機會成本) opportunity cost
- 不成文 unwritten
- 合成钻石(合成鑽石) synthetic diamond
- 胸有成略 the hero has plans already laid; to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is forearmed
- 成为(成為) to become; to turn into
- 成约(成約) to reach an agreement
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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