成器

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	device; tool; utensil
trad. (成器)		成	器
simp. ^#(成器)		成	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngqì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ hei³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng khì

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹ ki³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngcì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: chéng-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchih
  - Palladius: чэнци (čɛnci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ hei³
  - Yale: sìhng hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng khì
  - Tâi-lô: sîng khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seeng qix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng¹ ki³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng khì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/

Verb

成器

(literally) to become a useful implement
(figurative) to grow up to be a talented or useful person

Derived terms

不成器 (bùchéngqì)
不打不成器 (bù dǎ bù chéng qì)
玉不琢，不成器 (yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì)
琢玉成器

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