chéng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to succeed
  2. 2. to finish
  3. 3. to complete
  4. 4. to accomplish
  5. 5. to become
  6. 6. to turn into
  7. 7. to be all right
  8. 8. OK!
  9. 9. one tenth

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Words Containing 成

一事无成
yī shì wú chéng

to have achieved nothing

一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn

(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone

不成
bù chéng

won't do

促成
cù chéng

to facilitate

出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng

(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent

分成
fēn chéng

to divide (into)

合成
hé chéng

to compose

完成
wán chéng

to complete; to accomplish

建成
jiàn chéng

to establish

形成
xíng chéng

to form

心想事成
xīn xiǎng shì chéng
急于求成
jí yú qiú chéng

anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success

恼羞成怒
nǎo xiū chéng nù

to fly into a rage out of humiliation

成交
chéng jiāo

to complete a contract

成人
chéng rén

adult

成分
chéng fèn

composition; ingredient; element; component

成功
chéng gōng

Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan

成千上万
chéng qiān shàng wàn

innumerable

成品
chéng pǐn

finished goods

成员
chéng yuán

member

成问题
chéng wèn tí

to be a problem

成型
chéng xíng

to become shaped

成天
chéng tiān

(coll.) all day long

成家
chéng jiā

to settle down and get married (of a man)

成就
chéng jiù

accomplishment

成年
chéng nián

to grow to adulthood

成心
chéng xīn

intentional

成才
chéng cái

to make sth of oneself

成效
chéng xiào

effect

成本
chéng běn

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

成果
chéng guǒ

result

成为
chéng wéi

to become; to turn into

成熟
chéng shú

mature; ripe

成立
chéng lì

to establish

成绩
chéng jì

achievement

成群结队
chéng qún jié duì

making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers

成语
chéng yǔ

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation

成长
chéng zhǎng

to mature

换成
huàn chéng

to exchange (sth) for (sth else)

未成年人
wèi chéng nián rén

minor (i.e. person under 18)

构成
gòu chéng

to constitute

现成
xiàn chéng

ready-made

生成
shēng chéng

to generate

当成
dàng chéng

to consider as; to take to be

相辅相成
xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng

to complement one another (idiom)

看成
kàn chéng

to regard as

约定俗成
yuē dìng sú chéng

established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement

组成
zǔ chéng

to form

胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú

(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind

落成
luò chéng

to complete a construction project

制成
zhì chéng

to manufacture

变成
biàn chéng

to change into

赞成
zàn chéng

to approve

造成
zào chéng

to bring about

达成
dá chéng

to reach (an agreement)

顺理成章
shùn lǐ chéng zhāng

logical

养成
yǎng chéng

to cultivate

一口吃不成胖子
yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi

lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn

a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)

一气呵成
yī qì hē chéng

to do something at one go

一举成功
yī jǔ chéng gōng

success at one go

一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn

(idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic

一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū

a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún

in groups of three or four (idiom)

三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ

three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact

三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liàng

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom

不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén

to succeed or die trying (idiom)

不成文
bù chéng wén

unwritten (rule)

不成文法
bù chéng wén fǎ

unwritten law

不成材
bù chéng cái

worthless

不成样子
bù chéng yàng zi

shapeless

不成话
bù chéng huà

see 不像話|不像话[bù xiàng huà]

不成体统
bù chéng tǐ tǒng

not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous

不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí

don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

不空成就佛
bù kōng chéng jiù fó

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

不赞成
bù zàn chéng

disapproval

丘成桐
qiū chéng tóng

Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982

中山成彬
zhōng shān chéng bīn

NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes

中成药
zhōng chéng yào

prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)

久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī

long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

久病成医
jiǔ bìng chéng yī

(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor

九成
jiǔ chéng

nine-tenths

乱成一团
luàn chéng yī tuán

in a great mess

事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng

to be successful in business

低成本
dī chéng běn

low cost

使成
shǐ chéng

to cause

使成一体
shǐ chéng yī tǐ

to unify

修成正果
xiū chéng zhèng guǒ

to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight

修炼成仙
xiū liàn chéng xiān

lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal

偏正式合成词
piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí

modified compound word

偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

光能合成
guāng néng hé chéng

photosynthesis

八成
bā chéng

eighty percent

八相成道
bā xiàng chéng dào

the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)

切成
qiē chéng

to cut up (into pieces)

切成块
qiē chéng kuài

to cut into cubes

切成丝
qiē chéng sī

to grate

制成品
zhì chéng pǐn

manufactured goods

剪成
jiǎn chéng

cut into

功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng

effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)

功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū

not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)

功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù

to win success and recognition (idiom)

功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng

to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure

功能性磁共振成像
gōng néng xìng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

功能磁共振成像术
gōng néng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng shù

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

加工成本
jiā gōng chéng běn

processing cost

势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ

if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

化学成分
huà xué chéng fèn

chemical composition

十成
shí chéng

completely

十成九稳
shí chéng jiǔ wěn

see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shí ná jiǔ wěn]

半成品
bàn chéng pǐn

semi-manufactured goods

卓有成效
zhuó yǒu chéng xiào

highly effective

反目成仇
fǎn mù chéng chóu

to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb

只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

可望有成
kě wàng yǒu chéng

can be expected to be a success

合成代谢
hé chéng dài xiè

anabolism (biology)

合成器
hé chéng qì

synthesizer

合成数
hé chéng shù

composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)

合成橡胶
hé chéng xiàng jiāo

synthetic rubber

合成法
hé chéng fǎ

(chemical) synthesis

合成洗涤剂
hé chéng xǐ dí jì

synthetic detergent

合成物
hé chéng wù

compound

合成石油
hé chéng shí yóu

synthetic oil

合成纤维
hé chéng xiān wéi

synthetic fiber

合成词
hé chéng cí

compound word

合成语境
hé chéng yǔ jìng

composite context

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

合成类固醇
hé chéng lèi gù chún

anabolic steroids

吸毒成瘾
xī dú chéng yǐn

drug addiction

周成王
zhōu chéng wáng

King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[xī zhōu], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng]

单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín

one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

嗜杀成性
shì shā chéng xìng

bloodthirsty

嗜痂成癖
shì jiā chéng pǐ

to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)

因人成事
yīn rén chéng shì

to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends

因爱成恨
yīn ài chéng hèn

hatred caused by love (idiom)

坐享其成
zuò xiǎng qí chéng

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

坐观成败
zuò guān chéng bài

to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides

基本完成
jī běn wán chéng

fundamentally complete

墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī

hidebound by convention (idiom)

外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ

loan idiom

多年媳妇熬成婆
duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]

夜不成眠
yè bù chéng mián

to be unable to sleep at night

大功告成
dà gōng gào chéng

successfully accomplished (project or goal)

大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng

lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly

天成
tiān chéng

as if made by heaven

天文学大成
tiān wén xué dà chéng

the Almagest by Ptolemy

失败是成功之母
shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Failure is the mother of success.

奉子成婚
fèng zǐ chéng hūn

to marry after getting pregnant

好梦难成
hǎo mèng nán chéng

a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)

孝成王
xiào chéng wáng

King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC

学业有成
xué yè yǒu chéng

to be successful in one's studies

宇宙生成论
yǔ zhòu shēng chéng lùn

cosmology

守成
shǒu chéng

to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations

完成时
wán chéng shí

perfect tense (grammar)

家庭成员
jiā tíng chéng yuán

family member

宝成铁路
bǎo chéng tiě lù

Baoji-Chengdu Railway

专用集成电路
zhuān yòng jí chéng diàn lù

application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)

少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nǚ lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán

When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)

少年老成
shào nián lǎo chéng

accomplished though young

屈打成招
qū dǎ chéng zhāo

to obtain confessions under torture

川端康成
chuān duān kāng chéng

Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate

已成形
yǐ chéng xíng

preformed

平均成本法
píng jūn chéng běn fǎ

(finance) dollar cost averaging

平成
píng chéng

Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[míng rén]

平方成反比
píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ

proportional to inverse square (physics)

年成
nián cheng

the year's harvest

建成区
jiàn chéng qū

built-up area

弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn

pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true

弄巧成拙
nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō

to overreach oneself

张成泽
zhāng chéng zé

Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[jīn zhèng rì], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[jīn zhèng ēn], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed

形成层
xíng chéng céng

vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)

必不可少组成
bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng

absolute necessity

性成熟
xìng chéng shú

sexual maturity

恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)

慌成一团
huāng chéng yī tuán

(of a group of people) to run about helplessly

成丁
chéng dīng

(of a male) to come of age

成不了气候
chéng bu liǎo qì hòu

won't get far; unlikely to be successful

成串
chéng chuàn

to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc)

成也萧何,败也萧何
chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé

lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]

成了
chéng le

to be done

成事
chéng shì

to accomplish the objective

成事不足,败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)

成交价
chéng jiāo jià

sale price; negotiated price; price reached at auction

成人向
chéng rén xiàng

suitable for adults

成人礼
chéng rén lǐ

coming of age ceremony

成仁
chéng rén

to die for a good cause

成仙
chéng xiān

(Taoism) to become an immortal

成份
chéng fèn

composition

成份股
chéng fèn gǔ

share included in composite index

成何体统
chéng hé tǐ tǒng

What a scandal!

成佛
chéng fó

to become a Buddha

成例
chéng lì

an established precedent

成倍
chéng bèi

exponentially

成像
chéng xiàng

to form an image

成全
chéng quán

to help sb accomplish his aim

成则为王,败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu

lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)