成名

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (成名)		成	名
simp. #(成名)		成	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-bêng / sêng-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-ming²
    • Yale: chéng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngming
    • Palladius: чэнмин (čɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: sìhng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengbeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengmiaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ miã²³/

Verb

成名

1. to achieve fame; to make one's name

Synonyms

• 出名 (chūmíng)
• 揚名／扬名 (yángmíng)
• 蜚聲／蜚声 (fēishēng) (formal)
• 顯揚／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 一夜成名 (yīyèchéngmíng)
• 一舉成名／一举成名 (yījǔchéngmíng)