成功 chénggōng — to succeed

Meanings

1. 1

   to succeed

   成, to complete, become; 功, the effort or merit spent getting there — success as effort brought to completion. As a verb it needs no object: 他成功了, never 他成功了这件事.

   verb
2. 2

   successful

   adjective

   With 很 in front, the same word turns adjective: 很成功, very successful — of a party, a plan, a performance, not only of a person.

Example sentences

• 经过努力，他终于成功了。/經過努力，他終於成功了。Jīngguò (first tone, high and level) nǔlì, (third tone, dipping) tā (first tone, high and level) zhōngyú (first tone, high and level) chénggōng (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···

  Through hard work, he finally succeeded.

• 这个办法很成功，大家都满意。/這個辦法很成功，大家都滿意。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) bànfǎ (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) chénggōng, (second tone, rising) dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) dōu (first tone, high and level) mǎnyì. (third tone, dipping)···

  This method was very successful — everyone is pleased.