HSK 5 · Verbs

构成 gòuchéng “to constitute” in Chinese

Traditional 構成

What 构成 means

  1. to constitute
  2. to form
  3. to compose
  4. to make up
  5. to configure (computing)

How to say 构成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale构gòu4th 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

构成 in a sentence

  1. 人体的组织是由细胞构成的。

    Réntǐ de zǔzhī shì yóu xìbāo gòuchéng de.

    Human tissue is made up of cells.

    Sentence #3567594 from Tatoeba

  2. 这些东西构成了一顿营养均衡的饭。

    Zhèxiē dōngxi gòuchéng le yí dùn yíngyǎng jūnhéng de fàn.

    Together, these make a nutritionally balanced meal.

    Sentence #1397099 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 云层的构成方式有好几种。

    Yúncéng de gòuchéng fāngshì yǒu hǎojǐ zhǒng.

    Clouds can be formed in several different ways.

    Sentence #3567591 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 构成 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 构 (gòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
构gòuvariant of 够
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 勾to hook · gōuSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 勾 (gōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with gòu.

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 构成

构 8 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

Words related to 构成

Words with 构

结构jiégòu · structure构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)机构jīgòu · organisation

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

干活儿gànhuór · to work搞gǎo · to do公开gōngkāi · open贡献gòngxiàn · to contribute鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire固定gùdìng · to fix拐弯guǎiwān · to go round a curve关闭guānbì · to close

FAQs

构成 (gòuchéng) means “to constitute” or “to form”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gòuchéng: gòu 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, 构成 is written 構成. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type goucheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 构成 from the suggestions. Typing goucheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
构成 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.