成功

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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
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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʑi̯ɛŋ/ /kuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chéng gōng
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/ /*kˤoŋ/
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

成功

  1. to succeed; to achieve success; to be 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!
    那次抗議沒成功。 / 那次抗议没成功。  ―  Nà cì kàngyì méi chénggōng.  ―  That protest was not successful.
  2. (literary) to complete a task
  3. (literary) to gather in the crops; to harvest
  4. (literary) to agree; to allow; to permit

Antonyms

Noun

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。 / 失败乃成功之母。  ―  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! [Pinyin]
    To conclude, I wish the conference a great success!
  2. (literary) achievements; exploits; deeds
  3. (literary) effect; outcome

Adjective

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

Adverb

成功

  1. successfully
    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

成功

  1. (～村) Chenggong (a village in Caidian, Caidian, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

See also

  • 功成 (gōngchéng)
  • 功成名就 (gōngchéngmíngjiù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (成功):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成 功
せい
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 成功 (d͡ʑiᴇŋ kuŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

成功 (hiragana せいこう, rōmaji seikō)

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

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Verb

成功する (hiragana せいこうする, rōmaji seikō suru)

  1. succeed
    製 (せい)品 (ひん)の開発 (かいはつ)に成 (せい)功 (こう)した。
    Seihin no kaihatsu ni seikō shita.
    We successfully developed the product.
  2. be successful in life

Conjugation

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
成功

Noun

成功 • (seonggong) (hangeul 성공)

  1. Hanja form? of 성공 (“success”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
成功

Verb

成功

  1. Hán tự form of thành công, “to succeed”
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