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finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 
merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
simp. and trad.
(成功)
anagram 功成
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (28)
Final () (121) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyeng kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/ /kuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/ /kuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæŋ/ /kuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajŋ/ /kəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛŋ/ /kuŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛŋ/ /kuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/ /kuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chéng gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing4 gung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chéng chéng gōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyeng › ‹ dzyeng › ‹ kuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eŋ/ /*m-[d]eŋ/ /*kˁoŋ/
English to become (v.i.) to complete (tr. v) work, effort

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1417 4021
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋ/ /*koːŋ/
Notes

Verb

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成功

  1. to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful
    付款成功  ―  Fùkuǎn chénggōng.  ―  Payment successful.
    抗議成功 [MSC, trad.]
    抗议成功 [MSC, simp.]
    Nà cì kàngyì méi chénggōng. [Pinyin]
    That protest was not successful.
    雖然我們不敢一定成功但是絕對沒有一定不會成功 [MSC, trad.]
    虽然我们不敢一定成功但是绝对没有一定不会成功 [MSC, simp.]
    Suīrán wǒmen bùgǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng huì chénggōng, dànshì yě juéduì méiyǒu rén gǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng bùhuì chénggōng! [Pinyin]
    Though we dare not say you'll definitely succeed, no one would dare say you definitely won't!
  2. (literary) to complete a task
  3. (literary) to gather in the crops; to harvest
  4. (literary) to agree; to allow; to permit

Synonyms

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  • (to succeed):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of to succeed): 失敗失败 (shībài)

Noun

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成功

  1. success; prosperity
    取得成功  ―  qǔdé chénggōng  ―  to succeed
    沒有成功幸福 [MSC, trad.]
    没有成功幸福 [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu chénggōng, nǎ lái de xìngfú? [Pinyin]
    How can one be happy without success?
    失敗成功 [MSC, trad.]
    失败成功 [MSC, simp.]
    Shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ. [Pinyin]
    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! [Pinyin]
    To conclude, I wish the conference a great success!
  2. (literary) achievements; exploits; deeds
  3. (literary) effect; outcome

Adjective

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成功

  1. successful
    成功成功  ―  yī ge hěn chénggōng de rén  ―  a very successful person
    成功獲得哈佛大學獎學金前往美國深造 [MSC, trad.]
    成功获得哈佛大学奖学金前往美国深造 [MSC, simp.]
    chénggōng huòdé Hāfó Dàxué jiǎngxuéjīn, qiánwǎng Měiguó shēnzào. [Pinyin]
    He successfully gained a scholarship from the Harvard University, and went to the US to further his studies.

Proper noun

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成功

  1. () Chenggong (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)
  2. () Chenggong (a village in Caidian, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (成功):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 成功 (d͡ʑiᴇŋ kuŋ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せい)(こう) (seikō

  1. success
  2. success in life, achievement in the world

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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(せい)(こう)する (seikō surusuru (stem (せい)(こう) (seikō shi), past (せい)(こう)した (seikō shita))

  1. succeed
    製品(せいひん)開発(かいはつ)成功(せいこう)した
    Seihin no kaihatsu ni seikō shita.
    We successfully developed the product.
  2. be successful in life

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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成功 (seonggong) (hangeul 성공)

  1. hanja form? of 성공 (success)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

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成功

  1. chữ Hán form of thành công (to succeed).
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