(chéng) - to become; to succeed; (result complement) into, successfully in Mandarin
chéngTraditional: 成
Translation
to become; to succeed; (result complement) into, successfully
Word origin
成 'to become, to complete' is generally analysed as containing the halberd or weapon element 戊 with an added stroke, traditionally read as bringing a matter to completion. It means to accomplish or become.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 戊 (weapon element) with an added stroke
Stroke order
成
Examples
。
He became a doctor.
冰。
Water can turn into ice.
。
This plan did not succeed.
。
Things finally worked out.
。
He finally became a doctor.
成 (chéng) means to become, to turn into, or to succeed. As a standalone verb it means to become (成为医生, become a doctor). As a result complement attached to other verbs it means to become or into (变成 biàn chéng, to transform into; 做成 zuò chéng, to make into; 说成 shuō chéng, to describe as). It also appears in compounds: 成功 (chénggōng, to succeed), 成为 (chéngwéi, to become), 完成 (wánchéng, to complete).
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 成.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
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