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

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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    乘勢／乘势
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    城事
    城市
    成事
    承事
    程式
    誠是／诚是
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)

(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

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

Synonyms

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)

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