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.

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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 27485 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 all 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]

個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。粵
Every student is worried about his grades.
[Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

你栽培我成為老師
You trained me to become a teacher

畀架車瀄到成身泥粵
We're splashed with mud from head to toe by the passing car.
[lit. "the entire body"]

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

反到成身都咁𣲷/nap6/,重唔去沖個涼粵
You are all sweaty and sticky after playing. Quickly go for your shower.

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

目前的金融海嘯可能成為黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.

快要達成協議時對方節外生枝國
An agreement was about to be reached when the other side raised new issues

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

我畀成日喊嗰個BB嘈醒咗粵
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying.
[Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]

今日畀蚊咬到成身蚊𧕴。粵
I was covered by mosquito bites today.
[Lit. Today by mosquito bite arrive whole-body mosquito-bite]

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

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