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sing4 seng4
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[1] completed; accomplished; finished; fixed; settled; [v] accomplish; succeed; complete [2] [v] achieve [3] [v] become [4] acceptable; all right [5] able; capable [6] one tenth [7] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 7
Level: 2
Radical: 戈 (#62)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Jul 2009 05:56 | ||
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成日
seng4 jat6 = whole day; all the time; frequently; always 粵
成人
sing4 jan4 = adult
成功
sing4 gung1 = success
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 = 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 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold
成年
sing4 nin4 = adult
不成
bat1 sing4 = not completed, unfinished, won't do 國
一成熟
jat1 sing4 suk6 = rare (for a steak)See all 208 compounds (CantoDict reports 216 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 29 examples containing 成
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.]
佢成日掛住去浦，唔想返學或者上堂 粵
He'd rather go out to drink and smoke than go to school or classes [Lit. He always miss go play, not want return school or attend-class Less idiomatically: He misses going out, he doesn't want to go to school or classes 浦 is similar to 玩 but less wholesome.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 成
Unicode code for this character: U+6210 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 成
Unicode code for this character: U+6210 (off-site link)
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