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成功

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Chinese

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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) 		成 功
anagram 功成
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 成 功
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 是征切 古紅切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 成 成 功
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 成 功
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1417 4021
Phonetic
component 		成 工
Rime
group 		耕 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		成 公
Old
Chinese 		/*djeŋ/ /*koːŋ/
Notes 說文丁聲，甲文戌下一豎，
或表戈已製成

Verb

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成功

  1. 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. [Pinyin]
    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! [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，哪來的幸福？ [MSC, trad.]
    没有成功，哪来的幸福？ [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu chénggōng, nǎ lái de xìngfú? [Pinyin]
    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. [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
    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. [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. (～鎮) Chenggong (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)
  2. (～村) Chenggong (a village in Caidian, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

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See also

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (成功):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
成 功
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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成(せい)功(こう) • (seikō) 

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

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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成(せい)功(こう)する • (seikō suru) suru (stem 成(せい)功(こう)し (seikō shi), past 成(せい)功(こう)した (seikō shita))

  1. succeed
    製品(せいひん)の開発(かいはつ)に成功(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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Conjugation of "成功する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 成功し せいこうし seikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 成功し せいこうし seikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 成功する せいこうする seikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 成功する せいこうする seikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 成功すれ せいこうすれ seikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 成功せよ¹
成功しろ² 		せいこうせよ¹
せいこうしろ² 		seikō seyo¹
seikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 成功される せいこうされる seikō sareru
Causative 成功させる
成功さす 		せいこうさせる
せいこうさす 		seikō saseru
seikō sasu
Potential 成功できる せいこうできる seikō dekiru
Volitional 成功しよう せいこうしよう seikō shiyō
Negative 成功しない せいこうしない seikō shinai
Negative continuative 成功せず せいこうせず seikō sezu
Formal 成功します せいこうします seikō shimasu
Perfective 成功した せいこうした seikō shita
Conjunctive 成功して せいこうして seikō shite
Hypothetical conditional 成功すれば せいこうすれば seikō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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
成功

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
成功

Verb

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成功

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