成敗

See also: 成败

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (成敗)		成	敗
simp. (成败)		成	败

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngbài

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ baai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-pāi / siâⁿ-pāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngbài
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngbài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-pai⁴
  - Yale: chéng-bài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngbay
  - Palladius: чэнбай (čɛnbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ baai⁶
  - Yale: sìhng baaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ baai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ bai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ paːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-pāi
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-pāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengpai
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ pai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pai⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pai³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-pāi
  - Tâi-lô: siânn-pāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svia'pai
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² pai²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² pai²²/

Noun

成敗

success or failure

Derived terms

不以成敗論英雄 / 不以成败论英雄 (bù yǐ chéngbài lùn yīngxióng)
坐視成敗 / 坐视成败
坐觀成敗 / 坐观成败
得失成敗 / 得失成败
成敗利鈍 / 成败利钝 (chéngbàilìdùn)
成敗在此一舉 / 成败在此一举
成敗得失 / 成败得失
成敗興廢 / 成败兴废
成敗論人 / 成败论人
觀望成敗 / 观望成败

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
成	敗
せい Grade: 4	はい > ばい Grade: 4
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーばい [séꜜèbàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːba̠i]

Noun

成(せい)敗(ばい) • (seibai)

settlement
punishment
execution; killing (under the name of justice)

Synonyms

仕置(しお)き (shioki), お仕置(しお)き (oshioki)
始(し)末(まつ) (shimatsu)

Verb

成(せい)敗(ばい)する • (seibai suru) suru (stem 成(せい)敗(ばい)し (seibai shi), past 成(せい)敗(ばい)した (seibai shita))

to settle
to punish
to execute, to kill (under the name of justice)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "成敗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	成敗し	せいばいし	seibai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	成敗し	せいばいし	seibai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	成敗する	せいばいする	seibai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	成敗する	せいばいする	seibai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	成敗すれ	せいばいすれ	seibai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	成敗せよ¹ 成敗しろ²	せいばいせよ¹ せいばいしろ²	seibai seyo¹ seibai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	成敗される	せいばいされる	seibai sareru
Causative	成敗させる成敗さす	せいばいさせるせいばいさす	seibai saseru seibai sasu
Potential	成敗できる	せいばいできる	seibai dekiru
Volitional	成敗しよう	せいばいしよう	seibai shiyō
Negative	成敗しない	せいばいしない	seibai shinai
Negative continuative	成敗せず	せいばいせず	seibai sezu
Formal	成敗します	せいばいします	seibai shimasu
Perfective	成敗した	せいばいした	seibai shita
Conjunctive	成敗して	せいばいして	seibai shite
Hypothetical conditional	成敗すれば	せいばいすれば	seibai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(to punish): 懲(こ)らしめる (korashimeru)
(to execute): 討(う)つ (utsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
成	敗
せい Grade: 4	はい Grade: 4
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーはい [sèéháí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) せーはい [séꜜèhàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːha̠i]

Noun

成(せい)敗(はい) • (seihai)

success or failure

References

“成敗”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026