HSK 5 · Verbs

成立 chénglì “to establish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成立 means

  1. to establish
  2. to set up
  3. to be tenable
  4. to hold water

How to say 成立

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling

成立 in a sentence

  1. 他成立了自己的公司的时候还不到二十岁。

    Tā chénglì le zìjǐ de gōngsī de shíhou hái bú dào èrshí suì.

    He wasn’t even twenty when he set up his own company.

    Sentence #1359685 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 为了调查物价，成立了一个委员会。

    Wèile diàochá wùjià, chénglì le yí ge wěiyuánhuì.

    A committee was set up to look into prices.

    Sentence #351235 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 成立 can also mean “to hold true”

    有些情况之下，这条规则不能成立。

    Yǒuxiē qíngkuàng zhīxià, zhè tiáo guīzé bù néng chénglì.

    In some cases, this rule doesn’t hold.

    Sentence #452419 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 成立 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 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 成立

成 6 strokes · 立 5 strokes

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

Words related to 成立

Words with 成

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

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional

More words: Common Verbs

产生chǎnshēng · to produce吵chǎo · to quarrel抄chāo · to copy (by hand)趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)承受chéngshòu · to bear吃亏chīkuī · to lose out

FAQs

成立 (chénglì) means “to establish” or “to set up”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chénglì: chéng with a 2nd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 成立 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成立 from the suggestions. Typing chengli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成立 is an HSK 5 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.