HSK 6 · Adjectives

现成 xiànchéng “ready-made” in Chinese

Traditional 現成

What 现成 means

  1. ready-made
  2. available
  3. readily available

How to say 现成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th 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

现成 in a sentence

  1. 冰箱里有现成的饭菜，热一下就能吃。

    Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu xiànchéng de fàncài, rè yíxià jiù néng chī.

    There’s food ready in the fridge; just heat it up.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我不想买现成的，想自己做。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng mǎi xiànchéng de, xiǎng zìjǐ zuò.

    I don’t want to buy one ready-made; I want to make it myself.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 现成 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 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.

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 现成

现 8 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

Words related to 现成

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

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: Adjectives

无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way无知wúzhī · ignorant狭隘xiá'ài · narrow-minded相等xiāngděng · equal响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear相应xiāngyìng · corresponding贤惠xiánhuì · virtuous

FAQs

现成 (xiànchéng) means “ready-made” or “available”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiànchéng: xiàn 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 现成 is written 現成. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiancheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 现成 from the suggestions. Typing xiancheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
现成 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.