HSK 5 · Adjectives

成熟 chéngshú “mature” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成熟 means

  1. mature
  2. ripe
  3. to ripen

How to say 成熟

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale熟shú2nd tone, rising

成熟 in a sentence

  1. 他留了胡子，为了让自己看起来更成熟。

    Tā liú le húzi, wèile ràng zìjǐ kàn qǐlai gèng chéngshú.

    He grew a beard to look more mature.

    Sentence #363880 from Tatoeba

  2. 你已经足够成熟了，应该懂得更多东西了。

    Nǐ yǐjīng zúgòu chéngshú le, yīnggāi dǒngde gèng duō dōngxi le.

    You’re mature enough now – you should know better.

    Sentence #13909954 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 成熟的枇杷很容易从树上摘下来。

    Chéngshú de pípa hěn róngyì cóng shù shang zhāi xiàlai.

    Ripe loquats come off the tree easily.

    Sentence #13573548 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 成熟 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 熟 (shú) with each of its parts in a different colour
熟shúripe; mature
  • 孰part of the characterSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

How to write 成熟

成 6 strokes · 熟 15 strokes

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

Words related to 成熟

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 熟

熟悉shúxī · to be familiar with熟练shúliàn · practised

More words: Adjectives

不足bùzú · insufficient超级chāojí · super潮湿cháoshī · damp彻底chèdǐ · thorough沉默chénmò · silent诚恳chéngkěn · sincere充分chōngfèn · ample抽象chōuxiàng · abstract

FAQs

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