落成

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (落成)		落	成
simp. ^#(落成)		落	成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-sṳ̀n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-sêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòchéng
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-chʻêng²
  - Yale: lwò-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohcherng
  - Palladius: лочэн (ločɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ sing⁴
  - Yale: lohk sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: log siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ sɨn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logseeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² siɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²³/

Verb

落成

(of a construction project) to be completed

Synonyms

完工 (wángōng)
竣工 (jùngōng)
結項 / 结项 (jiéxiàng)

Derived terms

落成典禮 / 落成典礼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	成
らく Grade: 3	せい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らくせー [ràkúséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː]

Noun

落(らく)成(せい) • (rakusei)

completion, especially of construction of a building
Synonyms: 竣成 (shunsei), 竣工 (shunkō)

Antonyms: 起工 (kikō), 着工 (chakkō)

Hypernym: 完了 (kanryō, “completion”)

Derived terms

落成式(らくせいしき) (rakuseishiki)

Verb

落(らく)成(せい)する • (rakusei suru) intransitive suru (stem 落(らく)成(せい)し (rakusei shi), past 落(らく)成(せい)した (rakusei shita))

to complete construction

Conjugation

Conjugation of "落成する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	落成し	らくせいし	rakusei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	落成し	らくせいし	rakusei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	落成する	らくせいする	rakusei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	落成する	らくせいする	rakusei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	落成すれ	らくせいすれ	rakusei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	落成せよ¹ 落成しろ²	らくせいせよ¹ らくせいしろ²	rakusei seyo¹ rakusei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	落成される	らくせいされる	rakusei sareru
Causative	落成させる落成さす	らくせいさせるらくせいさす	rakusei saseru rakusei sasu
Potential	落成できる	らくせいできる	rakusei dekiru
Volitional	落成しよう	らくせいしよう	rakusei shiyō
Negative	落成しない	らくせいしない	rakusei shinai
Negative continuative	落成せず	らくせいせず	rakusei sezu
Formal	落成します	らくせいします	rakusei shimasu
Perfective	落成した	らくせいした	rakusei shita
Conjunctive	落成して	らくせいして	rakusei shite
Hypothetical conditional	落成すれば	らくせいすれば	rakusei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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