HSK 6 · Verbs

呈现 chéngxiàn “to appear” in Chinese

Traditional 呈現

What 呈现 means

  1. to appear
  2. to present
  3. to emerge
  4. to present (a certain appearance)
  5. to demonstrate

How to say 呈现

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale呈chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th tone, falling

呈现 in a sentence

  1. 他的脸上呈现了愤怒。

    Tā de liǎn shàng chéngxiàn le fènnù.

    Anger showed on his face.

    Sentence #2633562 from Tatoeba

  2. 用本生灯加热钾，火焰就会呈现淡紫色。

    Yòng Běnshēngdēng jiārè jiǎ, huǒyàn jiù huì chéngxiàn dàn zǐsè.

    Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, gives the flame a lilac colour.

    Sentence #13543146 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 呈现 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 呈 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
呈chéngto present to a superior
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 王king · wáng
The character 现 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
现xiànto appear
  • 王king · wáng
  • 见to see · jiàn

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.

How to write 呈现

呈 7 strokes · 现 8 strokes

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

Words related to 呈现

Words with 现

现在xiànzài · now发现fāxiàn · discover出现chūxiàn · to appear现金xiànjīn · cash现代xiàndài · modern times表现biǎoxiàn · to show实现shíxiàn · to achieve体现tǐxiàn · to embody现实xiànshí · reality现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon

More words: Common Verbs

敞开chǎngkāi · to open wide尝试chángshì · to try缠绕chánrào · to wind around超越chāoyuè · to surpass陈列chénliè · to display衬托chèntuō · to set off撤退chètuì · to retreat撤销chèxiāo · to cancel

FAQs

呈现 (chéngxiàn) means “to appear” or “to present”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngxiàn: chéng with a 2nd tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 呈现 is written 呈現. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 呈现 from the suggestions. Typing chengxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
呈现 is an HSK 6 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.