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建成 (jiàn chéng) — to be completed (after construction); to finish building

Definition

建成 means a construction project is finished and ready — it focuses on completion, not the act of building. The verb 建设 covers the ongoing process of building/developing; 建成 marks the end result.

verb
to be completed (after construction)to finish building

Examples

  • 建成。
    Zhè zuò dà qiáo jiàn chéng yǐ jīng sān nián le.
    This bridge was completed three years ago.
  • 建成。
    Xīn de jī chǎng jiāng yú míng nián jiàn chéng.
    The new airport will be completed next year.
  • 建成，。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng jiàn chéng hòu, xiào lǜ tí gāo le bù shǎo.
    After this system was built, efficiency improved a lot.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

建jiànbuild
成chéngcomplete

Combines 建 and 成 to mean that building has been completed.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 廴廴yǐn
  • 聿聿yù

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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