HSK 6 · Money

成本 chéngběn “cost (of production)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成本 means

  1. cost (of production)
  2. (manufacturing, production etc) costs

How to say 成本

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale本běn3rd tone, dipping

成本 in a sentence

  1. 他们正努力降低成本。

    Tāmen zhèng nǔlì jiàngdī chéngběn.

    They’re working hard to cut costs.

    Sentence #611542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 公司为了削减成本，拒绝让员工自行加班。

    Gōngsī wèile xuējiǎn chéngběn, jùjué ràng yuángōng zìxíng jiābān.

    To cut costs, the company won’t let staff work overtime on their own initiative.

    Sentence #2440614 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是一部低成本的电影。

    Zhè shì yí bù dī chéngběn de diànyǐng.

    This is a low-budget film.

    Sentence #5941708 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 成本 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 本 (běn) with each of its parts in a different colour
本běnroot; stem
  • 木tree · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA tree 木 with a mark 一 on its roots: root, origin.

How to write 成本

成 6 strokes · 本 5 strokes

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

Words related to 成本

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

Words with 本

本běn · measure word for books本子běnzi · book课本kèběn · textbook笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook本来běnlái · original根本gēnběn · (not) at all本科běnkē · undergraduate course本领běnlǐng · skill本质běnzhì · essence基本jīběn · basic

More words: Money & Economy

偿还chánghuán · to repay畅销chàngxiāo · best-selling产业chǎnyè · industry钞票chāopiào · banknote成交chéngjiāo · to close a deal赤字chìzì · deficit储备chǔbèi · reserves储蓄chǔxù · savings

FAQs

成本 (chéngběn) means “cost (of production)” or “(manufacturing, production etc) costs”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngběn: chéng with a 2nd tone, then běn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 成本 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成本 from the suggestions. Typing chengben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成本 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.