成功
Chinese
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment | ||
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simp. and trad. (成功) |
成 | 功 | |
anagram | 功成 |
Pronunciation
Verb
成功
- 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.]
- 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!
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.]
- (literary) to complete a task
- 東漸于海,西被于流沙,朔南暨聲教訖于四海。禹錫玄圭,告厥成功。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Dōng jiàn yú hǎi, xī bèi yú liúshā, shuò nán jì shēngjiào qì yú sìhǎi. Yǔ xī xuánguī, gào jué chénggōng. [Pinyin]
- On the east, reaching to the sea; on the west, extending to the moving sands; to the utmost limits of the north and south— his fame and influence filled up (all within) the four seas. Yu presented the dark-coloured symbol of his rank, and announced the completion of his work.
东渐于海,西被于流沙,朔南暨声教讫于四海。禹锡玄圭,告厥成功。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to gather in the crops; to harvest
- (literary) to agree; to allow; to permit
Adverb
成功
Proper noun
成功
Derived terms
See also
- 功成 (gōngchéng)
- 功成名就 (gōngchéngmíngjiù)
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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成 | 功 |
せい Grade: 4 |
こう Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 成功 (d͡ʑiᴇŋ kuŋ).
Antonyms
- (success): 失敗 (shippai)
Derived terms
Verb
成功する (hiragana せいこうする, rōmaji seikō suru)
- succeed
- 製品の開発に成功した。
- Seihin no kaihatsu ni seikō shita.
- We successfully developed the product.
- 製品の開発に成功した。
- be successful in life
Conjugation
Conjugation of "成功する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 成功し | せいこうし | seikō shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 成功し | せいこうし | seikō shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 成功する | せいこうする | seikō suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 成功する | せいこうする | seikō suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 成功すれ | せいこうすれ | seikō sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 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
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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