Succeed in Chinese
to succeed · HSK 4
成功
- 成 to become
- 功 merit
他试了很多次，终于成功了。 He tried many times and finally succeeded.
Other ways to say succeed
More words with 成 or 功
How do you say succeed in Chinese?
Succeed in Chinese is 成功 (chéng gōng). You can also say 成 (chéng), 继承 (jì chéng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.