成 (chéng): to succeed, to finish, to complete, to accomplish, to become, to turn into
成 (chéng) is a Chinese character meaning “to succeed.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丁 (structural) and 戈 (structural). It ranks #59 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 成
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 成为verb | chéng wéi | to become | 4 |
| 成功verb/adjective | chéng gōng | to succeed | 4 |
| 变成verb | biàn chéng | to change into | 3 |
| 完成verb | wán chéng | to complete | 3 |
| 造成verb | zào chéng | to bring about | 5 |
| 成员noun | chéng yuán | member | 5 |
| 成熟verb/adjective | chéng shú | mature | 5 |
| 当成verb | dàng chéng | to consider as | 5 |
| 达成verb | dá chéng | to reach (an agreement) | 5 |
| 成长verb | chéng zhǎng | to mature | 5 |
| 成绩noun | chéng jì | achievement | 3 |
| 成交verb | chéng jiāo | to complete a contract | 6 |
| 成就noun/verb | chéng jiù | accomplishment | 5 |
| 赞成verb | zàn chéng | to approve | 5 |
| 成立verb | chéng lì | to establish | 5 |
| 成人verb/noun | chéng rén | to reach adulthood | 5 |
| 组成verb | zǔ chéng | to form | 5 |
| 形成verb | xíng chéng | to form | 5 |
| 成千上万phrase | chéng qiān shàng wàn | (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) | 6 |
| 成果noun | chéng guǒ | result | 5 |
| 成分noun | chéng fèn | composition | 5 |
| 构成verb/noun | gòu chéng | to constitute | 5 |
| 合成verb | hé chéng | to compose | 6 |
| 成年verb | chéng nián | to grow to adulthood | 5 |
| 成本noun | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs | 5 |
| 未成年人noun | wèi chéng nián rén | minor (i.e. person under 18) | 6 |
| 成效noun | chéng xiào | effect | 6 |
| 生成verb | shēng chéng | to generate | 6 |
| 不成verb/adjective/particle | bù chéng | won't do | 6 |
| 养成verb | yǎng chéng | to cultivate | 4 |
| 成语noun | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation | 6 |
成 appears in 117 compound words: 60 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 成 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (87)
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
Showing 12 of 87 idioms containing 成.
Example Sentences
经过多年的努力，他终于成为了一名优秀的医生。
Jīngguò duō nián de nǔlì, tā zhōngyú chéngwéi le yī míng yōuxiù de yīshēng.
After many years of effort, he finally became an excellent doctor.
...步行街被指写错北宋诗人名字,“晁冲之”写成“..
. . . bù háng jiē bèi zhǐ xiě cuò běi sòng shī rén míng zì , 晁 chōng zhī xiě chéng . .
... Walking Street is accused of writing the name of a Northern Song poet wrongly, "Chao Chongzhi" is written as "...
科学内调成美肤新刚需,肌原光以“产学研”硬实力登陆...
kē xué nèi diào chéng měi fū xīn gāng xū , jī yuán guāng yǐ chǎn xué yán yìng shí lì dēng lù . . .
Scientific internal adjustments become the new demand for skin beauty, the original light with "production, research and development" of hard power to land...
川AG大军注意!雅西高速成都往西昌方向多路段车多缓..
chuān dà jūn zhù yì ! yǎ xī gāo sù chéng dū wǎng xī chāng fāng xiàng duō lù duàn chē duō huǎn . .
Attention all drivers on Sichuan AG license plates! Heavy traffic and slowdowns are reported on multiple sections of the Yaxi Expressway heading westbound from Chengdu toward Xichang.
我的新年“特供”丨订单翻倍!小碗梨成春节假期“新宠..
wǒ de xīn nián tè gōng 丨 dìng shàn fān bèi ! xiǎo wǎn lí chéng chūn jié jiǎ qī xīn chǒng . .
My New Year's "Special Offer"丨Orders Double! Small Bowl Pears Become the "New Darling" of the Spring Festival Holiday...
...来,到了春节!上海静安祝您龙马精神、马到成功..
. . . lái , dào le chūn jié ! shǎng hǎi jìng ān zhù nín lóng mǎ jīng shén mǎ dào chéng gōng . .
Come, the Spring Festival is here! Shanghai Jing'an wishes you boundless energy and instant success.
你赞成还是反对这个计划？
Nǐ zànchéng háishi fǎnduì zhège jìhuà?
Are you for or against the plan?
是什么时候完成的？
Shì shénme shíhou wánchéng de?
When was it finished?
她儿子成为了什么？
Tā érzi chéngwéi le shénme?
What has become of her son?
你成功完成任务了吗？
Nǐ chénggōng wánchéng rènwu le ma?
Did you accomplish the task?
Character Family
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