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成功率 (chéng gōng lǜ) — success rate

Definition

noun
success rate

Examples

  • 成功率，。
    Zhè ge shǒu shù de chéng gōng lǜ hěn gāo, huàn zhě kě yǐ fàng xīn.
    The success rate of this surgery is very high; patients can rest assured.
  • 成功率。
    Wǒ men gōng sī de xīn chǎn pǐn chéng gōng lǜ dá dào le bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí.
    The success rate of our company's new product reached 90 percent.
  • 成功率。
    Tí gāo kǎo shì chéng gōng lǜ xū yào chōng fèn de zhǔn bèi hé liáng hǎo de xīn tài.
    Improving the success rate in exams requires thorough preparation and a good mindset.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

成功success
成chéngaccomplish功gōngmerit
联合Coordinate
率lǜrate

“成” and “功” yield success, and “率” yields rate.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 成 →

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
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng功gōng
Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

Open 功 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →
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