成功

成功

1. to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful

   付款成功。  ―  Fùkuǎn chénggōng.  ―  Payment successful.

   那次抗議沒成功。 [MSC, trad.]
   那次抗议没成功。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà cì kàngyì méi chénggōng. [Pinyin]

   That protest was not successful.

   雖然我們不敢說你一定會成功，但是也絕對沒有人敢說你一定不會成功！ [MSC, trad.]
   虽然我们不敢说你一定会成功，但是也绝对没有人敢说你一定不会成功！ [MSC, simp.]

   Suīrán wǒmen bùgǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng huì chénggōng, dànshì yě juéduì méiyǒu rén gǎn shuō nǐ yīdìng bùhuì chénggōng! [Pinyin]

   Though we dare not say you'll definitely succeed, no one would dare say you definitely won't!

2. (literary) to complete a task

   • 東漸于海，西被于流沙，朔南暨聲教訖于四海。禹錫玄圭，告厥成功。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东渐于海，西被于流沙，朔南暨声教讫于四海。禹锡玄圭，告厥成功。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Dōng jiàn yú hǎi, xī bèi yú liúshā, shuò nán jì shēngjiào qì yú sìhǎi. Yǔ xī xuánguī, gào jué chénggōng. [Pinyin]

     On the east, reaching to the sea; on the west, extending to the moving sands; to the utmost limits of the north and south— his fame and influence filled up (all within) the four seas. Yu presented the dark-coloured symbol of his rank, and announced the completion of his work.

3. (literary) to gather in the crops; to harvest
4. (literary) to agree; to allow; to permit

• (to succeed):

• (antonym(s) of “to succeed”): 失敗／失败 (shībài)

成功

1. success; prosperity

   取得成功  ―  qǔdé chénggōng  ―  to succeed

   沒有成功，哪來的幸福？ [MSC, trad.]
   没有成功，哪来的幸福？ [MSC, simp.]

   Méiyǒu chénggōng, nǎ lái de xìngfú? [Pinyin]

   How can one be happy without success?

   失敗乃成功之母。 [MSC, trad.]
   失败乃成功之母。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ. [Pinyin]

   Failure is the mother of success. (proverb)

   最後，預祝大會獲得圓滿成功！ [MSC, trad.]
   最后，预祝大会获得圆满成功！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zuìhòu, yùzhù dàhuì huòdé yuánmǎn chénggōng! [Pinyin]

   To conclude, I wish the conference a great success!

2. (literary) achievements; exploits; deeds
3. (literary) effect; outcome

成功

1. successful

   一個很成功的人／一个很成功的人  ―  yī ge hěn chénggōng de rén  ―  a very successful person

   他成功獲得哈佛大學獎學金，前往美國深造。 [MSC, trad.]
   他成功获得哈佛大学奖学金，前往美国深造。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā chénggōng huòdé Hāfó Dàxué jiǎngxuéjīn, qiánwǎng Měiguó shēnzào. [Pinyin]

   He successfully gained a scholarship from the Harvard University, and went to the US to further his studies.

成功

1. (～鎮) Chenggong (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)
2. (～村) Chenggong (a village in Caidian, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

• 功成 (gōngchéng)
• 功成名就 (gōngchéngmíngjiù)

• “成功”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

From Middle Chinese 成功 (d͡ʑiᴇŋ kuŋ).

• (Tokyo) せーこー [sèékóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

成(せい)功(こう) • (seikō) 

1. success
2. success in life, achievement in the world

• (success): 完成(かんせい) (kansei), 成(な)し遂(と)げる (nashitogeru)

• (antonym(s) of “success”): 失敗(しっぱい) (shippai)

• 勤勉(きんべん)は成功(せいこう)の母(はは) (kinben wa seikō no haha)
• 失敗(しっぱい)は成功(せいこう)のもと (shippai wa seikō no moto)
• 成功報酬(せいこうほうしゅう) (seikō hōshū)
• 成功裏(せいこうり) (seikōri), 成功裡(せいこうり) (seikōri)
• 不成功(ふせいこう) (fuseikō)

成(せい)功(こう)する • (seikō suru) suru (stem 成(せい)功(こう)し (seikō shi), past 成(せい)功(こう)した (seikō shita))

1. succeed

   製品(せいひん)の開発(かいはつ)に成功(せいこう)した。

   Seihin no kaihatsu ni seikō shita.

   We successfully developed the product.

2. be successful in life

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

成功 • (seonggong) (hangeul 성공)

1. hanja form^? of 성공 (“success”)

成功

1. chữ Hán form of thành công (“to succeed”)