成事

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (成事)		成	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ si⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sen² si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shih⁴
    • Yale: chéng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh
    • Palladius: чэнши (čɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: sìhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sen² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³/

Verb

成⫽事 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literary) to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission

Synonyms

• (literary) 集事 (jíshì)
• (literary) 濟事／济事 (jìshì)

Noun

成事

1. (literary) matter from the past; that which has passed

Synonyms

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• 往事 (wǎngshì)
• 往跡 / 往迹 (wǎngjì)
• 舊事 / 旧事 (jiùshì)
• 陳事 / 陈事 (chénshì) (literary)

Derived terms

• 成事不足，敗事有餘 / 成事不足，败事有余 (chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú)