HSK 4 · Verbs

成功 chénggōng “success” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成功 means

  1. success
  2. to succeed
  3. successful
  4. fruitful

How to say 成功

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale功gōng1st tone, high and level

成功 in a sentence

  1. 我认为她会成功。

    Wǒ rènwéi tā huì chénggōng.

    I think she’ll succeed.

    Sentence #9409550 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果你想成功，就一定要努力工作。

    Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng chénggōng, jiù yídìng yào nǔlì gōngzuò.

    If you want to succeed, you have to work hard.

    Sentence #365916 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的成功是努力的结果。

    Tā de chénggōng shì nǔlì de jiéguǒ.

    His success is the result of hard work.

    Sentence #868349 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 成功 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character
The character 功 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
功gōngmeritorious deed or service
  • 工work · gōng
  • 力strength · lì

How to write 成功

成 6 strokes · 功 5 strokes

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成功 (chénggōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 成功 (chénggōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 成功

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up构成gòuchéng · to constitute

Words with 功

功夫gōngfu · time and effort用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)功能gōngnéng · function气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)功劳gōngláo · credit功效gōngxiào · effect急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit

More words: Thinking & Talking

抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise猜cāi · to guess道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello对话duìhuà · dialogue反对fǎnduì · to oppose

FAQs

成功 (chénggōng) means “success” or “to succeed”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it chénggōng: chéng with a 2nd tone, then gōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 成功 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenggong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成功 from the suggestions. Typing chenggong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成功 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.