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Chinese
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finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
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merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
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simp. and trad. (成功)
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成
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功
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anagram
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功成
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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成
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成
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功
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chéng
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chéng
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gōng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzyeng ›
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‹ dzyeng ›
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‹ kuwng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*eŋ/
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/*m-eŋ/
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/*kˁoŋ/
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English
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to become (v.i.)
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to complete (tr. v)
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work, effort
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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成
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功
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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1417
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4021
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Phonetic component
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成
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工
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Rime group
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耕
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東
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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成
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公
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Old Chinese
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/*djeŋ/
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/*koːŋ/
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Notes
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說文丁聲,甲文戌下一豎, 或表戈已製成
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Verb
成功
- to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful
- 付款成功。 ― Fùkuǎn chénggōng. ― Payment successful.
那次抗議沒成功。 [MSC, trad.]
那次抗议没成功。 [MSC, simp.]- Nà cì kàngyì méi chénggōng.
- That protest was not successful.
雖然我們不敢說你一定會成功,但是也絕對沒有人敢說你一定不會成功! [MSC, trad.]
虽然我们不敢说你一定会成功,但是也绝对没有人敢说你一定不会成功! [MSC, simp.]- Suīrán wǒmen bùgǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng huì chénggōng, dànshì yě juéduì méiyǒu rén gǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng bùhuì chénggōng!
- Though we dare not say you'll definitely succeed, no one would dare say you definitely won't!
- (literary) to complete a task
- (literary) to gather in the crops; to harvest
- (literary) to agree; to allow; to permit
Synonyms
- 勝利/胜利 (shènglì)
- 樂成/乐成 (lèchéng) (literary)
- 獲得成功/获得成功 (huòdé chénggōng)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to succeed”): 失敗/失败 (shībài)
Noun
成功
- success; prosperity
- 取得成功 ― qǔdé chénggōng ― to succeed
沒有成功,哪來的幸福? [MSC, trad.]
没有成功,哪来的幸福? [MSC, simp.]- Méiyǒu chénggōng, nǎ lái de xìngfú?
- How can one be happy without success?
失敗乃成功之母。 [MSC, trad.]
失败乃成功之母。 [MSC, simp.]- Shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ.
- Failure is the mother of success. (proverb)
最後,預祝大會獲得圓滿成功! [MSC, trad.]
最后,预祝大会获得圆满成功! [MSC, simp.]- Zuìhòu, yùzhù dàhuì huòdé yuánmǎn chénggōng!
- To conclude, I wish the conference a great success!
- (literary) achievements; exploits; deeds
- (literary) effect; outcome
Adjective
成功
- successful
- 一個很成功的人/一个很成功的人 ― yī ge hěn chénggōng de rén ― a very successful person
他成功獲得哈佛大學獎學金,前往美國深造。 [MSC, trad.]
他成功获得哈佛大学奖学金,前往美国深造。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā chénggōng huòdé Hāfó Dàxué jiǎngxuéjīn, qiánwǎng Měiguó shēnzào.
- He successfully gained a scholarship from the Harvard University, and went to the US to further his studies.
Proper noun
成功
- (~鎮) Chenggong (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)
- (~村) Chenggong (a village in Caidian, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
Derived terms
See also
- 功成 (gōngchéng)
- 功成名就 (gōngchéngmíngjiù)
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 成功 (d͡ʑiᴇŋ kuŋ).
Pronunciation
Noun
成功 • (seikō)
- success
- success in life, achievement in the world
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “success”): 失敗 (shippai)
Derived terms
Verb
成功する • (seikō suru) suru (stem 成功し (seikō shi), past 成功した (seikō shita))
- succeed
- 製品の開発に成功した。
- Seihin no kaihatsu ni seikō shita.
- We successfully developed the product.
- be successful in life
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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成功し
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せいこうし
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seikō shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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成功し
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せいこうし
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seikō shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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成功する
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せいこうする
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seikō suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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成功する
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せいこうする
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seikō suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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成功すれ
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せいこうすれ
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seikō sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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成功せよ¹ 成功しろ²
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せいこうせよ¹ せいこうしろ²
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seikō seyo¹ seikō shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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成功される
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せいこうされる
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seikō sareru
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Causative
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成功させる 成功さす
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せいこうさせる せいこうさす
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seikō saseru seikō sasu
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Potential
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成功できる
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せいこうできる
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seikō dekiru
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Volitional
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成功しよう
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せいこうしよう
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seikō shiyō
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Negative
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成功しない
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せいこうしない
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seikō shinai
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Negative continuative
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成功せず
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せいこうせず
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seikō sezu
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Formal
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成功します
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せいこうします
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seikō shimasu
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Perfective
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成功した
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せいこうした
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seikō shita
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Conjunctive
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成功して
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せいこうして
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seikō shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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成功すれば
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せいこうすれば
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seikō sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
成功 • (seonggong) (hangeul 성공)
- hanja form? of 성공 (“success”)
Vietnamese
Verb
成功
- chữ Hán form of thành công (“to succeed”).