成長

See also: 成长

Chinese

	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (成長)	成	長
simp. (成长)	成	长
anagram	長成／长成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-chóng
Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-diòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng-tióng / sêng-tiáng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ziang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chang³
  - Yale: chéng-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngjaang
  - Palladius: чэнчжан (čɛnčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: sìhng jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-diòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t-)nuoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-tiáng
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-tiáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiarng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Verb

成長

to grow up; to grow to maturity

Synonyms

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大漢 / 大汉 (Hokkien, to come of age)
成人 (chéngrén) (to come of age)
滋長 / 滋长 (zīzhǎng)
生長 / 生长 (shēngzhǎng)
長大 / 长大 (zhǎngdà) (to come of age)
長成 / 长成 (zhǎngchéng) (literary)

Derived terms

成長性 / 成长性 (chéngzhǎngxìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (成長):

→ Japanese: 成長(せいちょう) (seichō)
→ Korean: 성장(成長) (seongjang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	長
せい Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーちょー [sèéchóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

成(せい)長(ちょう) • (seichō)

growth; maturation

Verb

成(せい)長(ちょう)する • (seichō suru) suru (stem 成(せい)長(ちょう)し (seichō shi), past 成(せい)長(ちょう)した (seichō shita))

grow
grow up, become big

Conjugation

Conjugation of "成長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	成長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	成長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	成長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	成長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	成長すれ	せいちょうすれ	seichō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	成長せよ¹ 成長しろ²	せいちょうせよ¹ せいちょうしろ²	seichō seyo¹ seichō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	成長される	せいちょうされる	seichō sareru
Causative	成長させる成長さす	せいちょうさせるせいちょうさす	seichō saseru seichō sasu
Potential	成長できる	せいちょうできる	seichō dekiru
Volitional	成長しよう	せいちょうしよう	seichō shiyō
Negative	成長しない	せいちょうしない	seichō shinai
Negative continuative	成長せず	せいちょうせず	seichō sezu
Formal	成長します	せいちょうします	seichō shimasu
Perfective	成長した	せいちょうした	seichō shita
Conjunctive	成長して	せいちょうして	seichō shite
Hypothetical conditional	成長すれば	せいちょうすれば	seichō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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