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)
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):

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References

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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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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 成功する
Plain 成功する ーこー・す [sèékóó sùrú]
Conjunctive 成功して ーこー・し [sèékóó shìté]
Perfective 成功した ーこー・し [sèékóó shìtá]
Negative 成功しない ーこー・しない [sèékóó shìnáí]
Negative perfective 成功しなかった ーこー・しかった [sèékóó shìnáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 成功すれば ーこー・す [sèékóó sùréꜜbà]
Past conditional 成功したら ーこー・し [sèékóó shìtáꜜrà]
Imperative 成功しろ
成功せよ
ーこー・し
ーこー
[sèékóó shìró]
[sèékóó séꜜyò]
Volitional 成功しよう ーこー・し [sèékóó shìyóꜜò]
Desiderative 成功したい ーこー・したい [sèékóó shìtáí]
Formal 成功します ーこー・し [sèékóó shìmáꜜsù]
Formal negative 成功しません ーこー・しませ [sèékóó shìmáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 成功しましょう ーこー・しましょ [sèékóó shìmáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 成功しました ーこー・しした [sèékóó shìmáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 成功し
成功しに
ーこー・し
ーこー・し
[sèékóó shì]
[sèékóó shì ní]
Negative continuative 成功せず
成功せずに
ーこー
ーこーずに
[sèékóó séꜜzù]
[sèékóó séꜜzù nì]
Passive 成功される ーこー・される [sèékóó sàrérú]
Causative 成功させる
成功さす
ーこー・させる
ーこー・さ
[sèékóó sàsérú]
[sèékóó sàsú]
Potential 成功できる ーこー・で [sèékóó dèkíꜜrù]

Noun

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(せい)(こう) (seikō

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

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Verb

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(せい)(こう)する (seikō suruintransitive suru (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.
    • 2019 October 16, 松川るい, quotee, “第200回国会 参議院 予算委員会 第2号 令和元年10月16日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館:
      出生率を上げるのに成功したのはフランスとスウェーデンと言われております。
      Shussan-ritsu o ageru no ni seikō shita no wa Furansu to Suwēden to iwarete ori-masu.
      It is said that France and Sweden have been successful in increasing their birth rates.
  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

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)