---
title: "verb + 成 + result in Chinese Grammar: Do something so it becomes …, With Examples"
description: "verb + 成 + result: do something so it becomes …. Verb + 成 + result: the action turns something into the result (翻译成英文 “translate into English”). 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-cheng"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

[Chinese grammar](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar)

# verb + 成 + result

Do something so it becomes …

Verb + 成 + result: the action turns something into the result (翻译成英文 “translate into English”).

## In stories

这一天**写成数字**，就是四个“1”排在一起，像不像四根光棍？

[双十一是怎么来的？ · Where did Singles Day come from?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/singles-day-11-11-origin#library-word-122-126) HSK 4

有人说：“把大象**切成小**块，再放到秤上！”

[曹冲称象 · How Cao Chong weighed an elephant](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/cao-chong-cheng-xiang-how-to-weigh-an-elephant#library-word-129-132) HSK 5

今天，这本书已经被**翻译成几十**种语言，不只是军人，做生意的人、球队的教练也爱读它。

[《孙子兵法》说了什么？ · Sun Tzu's Art of War: what does it say?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/sun-tzu-art-of-war-what-does-it-say#library-word-751-756) HSK 6

可是有一个叫祝英台的小姐特别爱学习，她想出了一个办法：穿上男人的衣服，把自己**打扮成一个**男孩子，去杭州上学。

[梁山伯与祝英台 · The Butterfly Lovers](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/butterfly-lovers-legend#library-word-142-147) HSK 4

[Read 双十一是怎么来的？](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/singles-day-11-11-origin#library-word-122-126)

## More patterns

- [把…当(作/成)… treat … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba-dangzuo)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)

## What does verb + 成 + result mean in Chinese?

Do something so it becomes …. Verb + 成 + result: the action turns something into the result (翻译成英文 “translate into English”).

## How common is verb + 成 + result?

It comes up in 5 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## More free tools

- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
- [How hard is this text?](https://mandarinthewild.com/text-level)
- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.