chéng

to become; to succeed; to complete

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 59th character
Radical ⼽ (62.3)
Strokes 6
Index # 401

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 成

Word Meaning
assembled phonology
anabolic steroids
anabolic steroids
drug addiction
drug addiction
King Cheng of Zhou, second king of Western Zhou
people must work together; unity is strength
cannot succeed alone; need to work together
bloodthirsty
bloodthirsty
to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
succeed with others’ help
hatred caused by love (idiom)
hatred caused by love (idiom)
to sit on the fence
to sit on the fence
basically finished; fundamentally complete
hidebound by convention (idiom)
loan idiom
loan idiom
see xí fù ào chéng pó
see xí fù ào chéng pó
to be unable to sleep at night
as if made by heaven
the Almagest by Ptolemy