成 (sing4 seng4 | cheng2) : succeed; achieve; grow; one tenth; whole

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成

sing4 seng4

cheng2

[1] [v] succeed; accomplish; complete
[2] [n] achievement; result; success
[3] [v] grow; develop; become; turn into
[4] [v] amount to (a considerable number)
[5] [n] one tenth; 10 per cent
[6] [粵] [adj] whole; full
[7] [粵] [adv] almost; nearly
[8] [國] [adj] acceptable; all right; okay
[9] [國] [adj] capable; able; terrific

Jyutping sing4 is literary reading; seng4 is colloquial.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 戈 (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

成

Don't confuse with:
戚威咸

This word has been viewed 27423 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jul 2013 15:47

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當成 dong3 sing4 dang1 cheng2 = to take as; to consider to be

成年人 sing4 nin4 jan4 cheng2 nian2 ren2 = adult

成日 seng4 jat6 = whole day; all the time; frequently; always 粵

成人 sing4 jan4 cheng2 ren2 = adult

成功 sing4 gung1 cheng2 gong1 = success

贊成 zaan3 sing4 zan4 cheng2 = support; favour; agree

做成 zou6 sing4 = to complete; to accomplish

搞成噉 gaau2 sing4 gam2 = do (sth) until it turned out like this 粵

建成 gin3 sing4 jian4 cheng2 = to establish (buildings); to build

三人一條心，黃土變成金 saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold
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Showing 10 of 31 examples containing 成

今日過成點呀? 粵
How was your day today?

做乜嚇成噉樣啊？粵
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]

妹妹成日喺度跳跳貢粵
She's always running around madly.
[Lit. little sister all-day at-here running-around]

唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。粵
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.

呢排我成日都睇電視粵
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

小明成日讚佢自己
Siu Ming is always praising herself.

夢想可唔可以成真呀？粵
Can dreams come true?

佢成日都想打韆鞦粵
She always wants to play on the swings.

做乜搞成噉呀粵
What were you thinking?
[Lit. do what make complete thus [particle]? This is an idiomatic expression that does not take well to direct translation.]

佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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