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(Bushou)		 戈
Strokes 4
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Strokes 6
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Decomp. 厂乛戈
勹? + 戈
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成 chéng to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
Results beginning with 成
成为 chéng wéi to become / to turn into
成功 chéng gōng success / to succeed / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]
成立 chéng lì to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
成本 chéng běn (manufacturing, production etc) costs
成了 chéng le to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
成绩 chéng jì achievement / performance records / grades / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
成都 Chéng dū Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 / in southwest China
成员 chéng yuán member
成人 chéng rén adult
成长 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth
成果 chéng guǒ result / achievement / gain / profit / CL:個|个[ge4]
成熟 chéng shú mature / ripe / to mature / to ripen / Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2]
成就 chéng jiù accomplishment / success / achievement / CL:個|个[ge4] / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
成分 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / CL:個|个[ge4]
成交 chéng jiāo to complete a contract / to reach a deal
成效 chéng xiào effect / result
成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分
成语 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
成品 chéng pǐn finished goods / a finished product
成名 chéng míng to make one's name / to become famous
成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed
成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / the whole year
成套 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another
成败 chéng bài success or failure
成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time
成真 chéng zhēn to come true
成像 chéng xiàng to form an image / imaging
成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off
成形 chéng xíng to take shape / shaping / forming
成才 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect
成群 chéng qún in groups / large numbers of / grouping
成因 chéng yīn cause / factor / cause of formation
成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time
成亲 chéng qīn to get married
成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
成行 chéng xíng to embark on a journey
成仙 chéng xiān to become immortal
成衣 chéng yī ready-made clothes
成倍 chéng bèi twofold / manyfold / exponentially
成片 chéng piàn (of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area
成婚 chéng hūn to get married
成性 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature
成佛 chéng fó to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
成见 chéng jiàn preconceived idea / bias / prejudice
成文 chéng wén written / statutory
成教 chéng jiào adult education, abbr. for 成人教育[cheng2 ren2 jiao4 yu4]
成瘾 chéng yǐn to be addicted / addiction
成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber
成批 chéng pī in batches / in bulk
成书 chéng shū publication / a book's first appearance
成心 chéng xīn intentional / deliberate / on purpose
成灾 chéng zāi disastrous / to turn into a disaster
成活 chéng huó to survive
成虫 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
成道 chéng dào to reach illumination (Buddhism)
成千 chéng qiān thousands
成仁 chéng rén to die for a good cause
成药 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up
成报 Chéng Bào Sing Pao Daily News
成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
成说 chéng shuō accepted theory or formulation
成章 chéng zhāng to form a coherent composition
成体 chéng tǐ adult / fully formed / developed
成象 chéng xiàng to form an image / to call to mind
成器 chéng qì to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect
成角  angulation
成安 Chéng ān Chang'an county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
成层 chéng céng layered / stratified
成丁 chéng dīng (of a male) to come of age / an adult male
成对 chéng duì to form a pair
成骨 chéng gǔ bone formation / osteogenesis
成规 chéng guī established rules / the beaten track
成汉 Chéng Hàn Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347)
成核 chéng hé nucleation
成华 Chéng huá Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
成话 chéng huà to make sense
成化 Chéng huà Chenghua, reign title of the eighth Ming emperor (reigned 1465-1487)
成军 chéng jūn lit. to form an army / to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) / to found / opening (ceremony) / to commission (arms system, naval vessel) / to graduate from an apprenticeship
成矿 chéng kuàng mineralization
成例 chéng lì an established precedent / a convention
成龙 Chéng Lóng to succeed in life / to become somebody
成圈 chéng quān to form a circle, ring or loop
成事 chéng shì to accomplish the objective / to succeed
成田 Chéng tián Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
成武 Chéng wǔ Chengwu county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
成县 Chéng xiàn Cheng county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Long3 nan2], Gansu
成样 chéng yàng seemly / presentable
成夜 chéng yè all night long
成蛹 chéng yǒng to pupate / to become a chrysalis
成渝 Chéng Yú Chengdu 成都 / and Chongqing 重慶|重庆
成组 chéng zǔ to make up (out of components)
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成年人 chéng nián rén adult person
成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil
成就感 chéng jiù gǎn sense of achievement
成员国 chéng yuán guó member country
成交价 chéng jiāo jià sale price / negotiated price / price reached in an auction
成绩单 chéng jì dān school report or transcript
成活率 chéng huó lu:4 survival rate / rate of success
成反比 chéng fǎn bǐ to vary inversely / inversely proportional to
成名作 chéng míng zuò work that makes one's name
成份股 chéng fèn gǔ share included in composite index
成人礼 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony
成文法 chéng wén fǎ statute
成瘾性 chéng yǐn xìng addictiveness
成锥型  coning
成安县 Chéng ān xiàn Chang'an county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
成都市 Chéng dū shì Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 / in southwest China
成方儿 chéng fāng r set prescription (i.e. medicine specifically prescribed for a definite condition)
成仿吾 chéng fǎng wú Cheng
成功感 chéng gōng gǎn sense of accomplishment
成功镇 Chéng gōng zhèn Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
成华区 Chéng huá qū Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
成均館 chéng jūn guǎn Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back to Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaesong, North Korea / Sungkyun kwan university, Seoul
成均馆 Chéng jūn guǎn Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back to Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaesong, North Korea / Sungkyun kwan university, Seoul
成年者 chéng nián zhě adult
成人向 chéng rén xiàng suitable for adults
成实宗 Chéng shí zōng Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism
成问题 chéng wèn tí to be a problem / problematic / questionable
成武县 Chéng wǔ xiàn Chengwu county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
成习惯 chéng xí guàn habituation
成样子 chéng yàng zi seemly / presentable
成员体 chéng yuán tǐ Member Economies
成长率 chéng zhǎng lu:4 growth rate
成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
成人教育 chéng rén jiào yù adult education
成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting
成群结队 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd
成本会计 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting
成竹在胸 chéng zhú zài xiōng see 胸有成竹[xiong1 you3 cheng2 zhu2]
成家立业 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself
成语接龙 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
成年累月 chéng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom)
成千成万 chéng qiān chéng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
成败得失 chéng bài dé shī lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
成败利钝 chéng bài lì dùn succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom) / advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some.
成败论人 chéng bài lùn rén to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
成千累万 chéng qiān lěi wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
成双作对 chéng shuāng zuò duì see 成雙成對|成双成对[cheng2 shuang1 cheng2 dui4]
成王败寇 chéng wáng bài kòu see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
成熟林分  mature forest stand
成本效率  cost-effectiveness
成本调整  cost adjustments
成本意识  cost-consciousness
成云过程  cloud process
成带现象  zonation
成对产卵  paired spawning
成绩报告  accomplishment account
成本分析  cost analysis
成年犯罪  adult criminality
Approximate Results for 成
完成 wán chéng to complete / to accomplish
造成 zào chéng to bring about / to create / to cause
形成 xíng chéng to form / to take shape
变成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become
组成 zǔ chéng to form / to make up / to constitute
构成 gòu chéng to constitute / to form / to compose / to make up / to configure (computing)
集成 jí chéng integrated (as in integrated circuit)
生成 shēng chéng to generate / to produce / generated / produced
建成 jiàn chéng to establish / to build
达成 dá chéng to reach (an agreement) / to accomplish
不成 bù chéng won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
合成 hé chéng to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic
当成 dàng chéng to consider as / to take to be
分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment
制成 zhì chéng to manufacture / to turn out (a product)
养成 yǎng chéng to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
换成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
赞成 zàn chéng to approve / to endorse / (literary) to assist
结成 jié chéng to form / to forge (alliances etc)
看成 kàn chéng to regard as
写成 xiě chéng to compile / to form through writing
八成 bā chéng eighty percent / most probably / most likely
切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
提成 tí chéng to take a percentage
促成 cù chéng to facilitate / to effect
现成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available
落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project
长成 zhǎng chéng to grow up
天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven
九成 jiǔ chéng nine-tenths / ninety percent
速成 sù chéng crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time
编成 biān chéng to organize / to put together / to edit
酿成 niàng chéng to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
译成 yì chéng to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
收成 shōu chéng harvest
未成 wèi chéng minor (i.e. person under 18) / incomplete / unachieved / failed / abortive
责成 zé chéng to charge (an entity) with (a task) / to assign (sb) the task of
铸成 zhù chéng to cast in metal / (fig.) to forge / to fashion
十成 shí chéng completely
老成 lǎo chéng mature / experienced / sophisticated
拼成 pīn chéng to put sth together from component parts
凑成 còu chéng to put together / to make up (a set) / to round up (a number to a convenient multiple) / resulting in...
金成 Jīn Chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office
剪成 jiǎn chéng cut into
玉成 yù chéng please help achieve something (formal)
无成 wú chéng achieving nothing
留成 liú chéng to retain a portion (of profits etc)
水成  hydrogenetic origin
风成 fēng chéng produced by wind / eolian
火成 huǒ chéng (geology) igneous / volcanic (rock)
目成 mù chéng to make eyes / to exchange flirting glances with sb
年成 nián cheng the year's harvest
平成 Píng chéng Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[Ming2 ren2]
荣成 Róng chéng Rongcheng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
使成 shǐ chéng to cause / to render
守成 shǒu chéng to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
缩成 suō chéng to shrink into
蔚成 wèi chéng to afford (a magnificent view etc) / to become (a prevailing fashion etc)
文成 Wén chéng Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
有成 yǒu chéng to succeed / successful
装成 zhuāng chéng to pretend
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低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive
不成功 bù chéng gōng unsuccessful
不成熟 bù chéng shú unripe / immature
未完成 wèi wán chéng imperfect / incomplete
难不成 nán bù chéng Is it possible that ... ?
半成品 bàn chéng pǐn semi-manufactured goods / semifinished articles / semifinished products
中成药 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
不赞成 bù zàn chéng disapproval / to disapprove
李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
总成本 zǒng chéng běn total costs
合成器 hé chéng qì synthesizer
不成文 bù chéng wén unwritten (rule)
制成品 zhì chéng pǐn manufactured goods / finished product
赞成票 zàn chéng piào approval / affirmative vote
塑造成 sù zào chéng to shape into / to mold (into some form) / to fashion into
金日成 Jīn Rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea
性成熟 xìng chéng shú sexual maturity
阜成门 Fù chéng mén Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course
不成材 bù chéng cái worthless / good-for-nothing
卫留成 Wèi Liú chéng Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
丘成桐 Qiū Chéng tóng Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
合成物 hé chéng wù compound / composite / cocktail
火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock
形成层 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
周成王 Zhōu Chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
风成的  windborne
水成说  hydrogenous process
组成国  constituent States
合成品  analogue
完成率  completion rate
不成话 bù chéng huà see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]
煅成末 duàn chéng mò to calcine (purify by heating)
光合成 guāng hé chéng photosynthesis
合成词 hé chéng cí compound word
合成法 hé chéng fǎ (chemical) synthesis
合成数 hé chéng shù composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)
核合成 hé hé chéng nucleosynthesis
混成词 hùn chéng cí (linguistics) portmanteau
建成区 jiàn chéng qū built-up area / urban area
累成狗 lèi chéng gǒu (Internet slang) to be dog-tired
李成桂 Lǐ Chéng guì Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
李成江 Lǐ Chéng jiāng Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
李建成 Lǐ Jiàn chéng Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 / in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变 / Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy
留成儿 liú chéng r a retained portion (of a sum of money) / to hold back a percentage (of the takings)
明成祖 Míng Chéng zǔ Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
切成块 qiē chéng kuài to cut into cubes / to dice (vegetable)
切成丝 qiē chéng sī to grate / to shred (vegetable)
齐武成 Qí Wǔ Chéng Emperor Wucheng of Qi, personal name 高湛[Gao1 Dan1] (537-568), reigned 561-565
热成层 rè chéng céng thermosphere
荣成市 Róng chéng shì Rongcheng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
荣成湾 Róng chéng wān Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 / on north coast of Shandong
少成多 shǎo chéng duō Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle
深成岩 shēn chéng yán plutonic rock / abyssal rock
生成树 shēng chéng shù spanning tree (in graph theory)
水成土 shuǐ chéng tǔ hydromorphic soil
完成点 wán chéng diǎn completion point
完成时 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar)
未成冠 wèi chéng guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
未成年 wèi chéng nián underage
文成县 Wén chéng xiàn Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
现成话 xiàn chéng huà ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment
孝成王 Xiào chéng Wáng King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
新成土 Xīn chéng tǔ primosol (soil taxonomy)
熊成基 Xióng Chéng jī Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr
薛福成 Xuē Fú chéng Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
眼成穿 yǎn chéng chuān to watch in anticipation (idiom)
盐成土 Yán chéng tǔ halosol (soil taxonomy)
已成形 yǐ chéng xíng preformed
张成泽 zhāng chéng zé Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
郑成功 Zhèng Chéng gōng Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
中成葯 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
准成员 zhǔn chéng yuán associate member
组成部分 zǔ chéng bù fèn part / component / ingredient / constituent
未成年人 wèi chéng nián rén minor (i.e. person under 18)
集成电路 jí chéng diàn lù integrated circuit / IC
考试成绩 kǎo shì chéng jì exam results / grades
系统集成  systems integration / system integration
生产成本 shēng chǎn chéng běn production costs
家庭成员 jiā tíng chéng yuán family member
顺理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text)
恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut
主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component
胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú to plan in advance (idiom) / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed
大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal) / to be highly successful
相辅相成 xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng to complement one another (idiom)
一气呵成 yī qì hē chéng to do something at one go / to flow smoothly
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