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成立 (chénglì) English Meaning
- to establish
- to set up
- to be tenable
- to hold water
Traditional Characters: 成立
成 forms words in:
HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
立 forms words in:
HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Sample Sentences
- 已成立工作组调查该问题。
Yǐ chénglì gōngzuò zǔ diàochá gāi wèntí.
A working party has been set up to look into the problem. - 有些情况之下，这条规则不能成立。
Yǒuxiē qíngkuàng zhī xià, zhè tiáo guīzé bùnéng chénglì.
There are circumstances in which this rule does not hold. - 政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。
Zhèngfǔ yǐ chénglì gōngzuò zǔ diàochá lànyòng dúpǐn wèntí.
The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse. - 已料到他罪名成立而不准保释。
Yǐ liào dào tā zuìmíng chénglì ér bù zhǔn bǎoshì.
Bail was refused on the presupposition of his guilt. - 为了调查物价，成立了一个委员会。
Wèile diàochá wùjià, chénglìle yīgè wěiyuánhuì.
A committee was set up to investigate prices.
Stroke Order & Character Components
成 (chéng): to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 戈 (gē): halberd
- 丁 (dīng): fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干(shí tiān gān); fourth in order; letter ‘D’ or roman ‘IV’ in list ‘A, B, C’, or ‘I, II, III,’ etc.; butyl; cubes (of food)
- 戈 (gē): halberd
立 (lì): to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 立 (lì): to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 成
HSK 3 Word List
- 成绩(chéng jì): achievement; performance records; grades; CL:项(xiàng), 個|个(gè)
- 完成(wán chéng): complete; accomplish; perfect tense (grammar)
HSK 4 Word List
- 成功(chéng gōng): success; to succeed; CL: 次(cì), 個|个(gè)
- 成为(chéng wéi): to become; to turn into
- 养成(yǎng chéng): to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
HSK 5 Word List
- 成分(chéng fèn): composition; make-up; ingredient; element; component; one’s social status; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 成果(chéng guǒ): result; achievement; gain; profit; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 成就(chéng jiù): accomplishment; success; attain a result; achievement; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 成立(chéng lì): to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- 成人(chéng rén): adult
- 成熟(chéng shú): mature; ripe
- 成语(chéng yǔ): Chinese set expression of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each: expression often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; set expression; CL: 条(tiáo), 本(běn), 句(jù)
- 成长(chéng zhǎng): to mature; to grow; growth
- 构成(gòu chéng): to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)
- 形成(xíng chéng): to form; to take shape
- 赞成(zàn chéng): to approve; to endorse
- 造成(zào chéng): to bring about; to create; to cause
- 组成(zǔchéng): to form; to make up; to compose
HSK 6 Word List
- 成本(chéng běn): (manufacturing, production, etc.) costs
- 成交(chéng jiāo): to complete a contract; to reach a deal
- 成天(chéng tiān): (coll.) all day long; all the time
- 成效(chéng xiào): effect; result
- 成心(chéng xīn): intentional; deliberate; on purpose
- 成员(chéng yuán): member
- 达成(dá chéng): to reach (an agreement); to accomplish
- 合成(hé chéng): to compose; to constitute; compound; synthesis; mixture; synthetic
- 急于求成(jí yú qiú chéng): anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result; impetuous
- 落成(luò chéng): to complete a construction project
- 现成(xiàn chéng): ready-made; readily available
- 相辅相成(xiāng fǔxiāng chéng): to complement one another (idiom)
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 立
HSK 5 Word List
- 成立 (chéng lì): to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- 独立 (dú lì): independent; independence; to stand alone
- 建立 (jiàn lì): to establish; to set up; to found; to build
- 立即 (lì jí): immediately
- 立刻 (lì kè): forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once
HSK 6 Word List
- 创立 (chuàng lì): to found; to establish; originate
- 对立 (duì lì): to oppose; to set something against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical
- 孤立 (gū lì): isolate; isolated
- 立场 (lì chǎng): position; standpoint; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 立方 (lì fāng): cube
- 立交桥 (lì jiāo qiáo): overpass; flyover
- 立体 (lì tǐ): three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
- 立足 (lì zú): to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- 确立 (què lì): to establish; to institute
- 设立 (shè lì): to set up; to establish
- 树立 (shù lì): to set up; to establish
- 中立 (zhōng lì): neutral
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
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