HSK 6 · Verbs

落成 luòchéng “to be completed (building)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 落成 means

  1. to be completed (building)
  2. to complete a construction project

How to say 落成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale落luò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

落成 in a sentence

  1. 新的社区中心在昨天隆重落成。

    Xīn de shèqū zhōngxīn zài zuótiān lóngzhòng luòchéng.

    The new community centre was officially opened yesterday with great ceremony.

    Sentence #13893631 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 落成 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 落 (luò) with each of its parts in a different colour
落luòto fall or drop
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 洛a river in the Shanxi province · luòSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 洛 (luò) hints at the sound. Compare it with luò.

The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 落成

落 12 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

Words related to 落成

Words with 落

降落jiàngluò · to descend落后luòhòu · to fall behind角落jiǎoluò · corner堕落duòluò · to degenerate冷落lěngluò · to snub落实luòshí · to put into effect丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

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成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

More words: Common Verbs

力争lìzhēng · to strive for立足lìzú · to gain a foothold笼罩lǒngzhào · to envelop搂lǒu · to hug履行lǚxíng · to fulfil迈mài · to step埋没máimò · to bury埋葬máizàng · to bury (the dead)

FAQs

落成 (luòchéng) means “to be completed (building)” or “to complete a construction project”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it luòchéng: luò with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 落成 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luocheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 落成 from the suggestions. Typing luocheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
落成 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.