成就感 (chéng jiù gǎn) — sense of achievement, feeling of accomplishment

Definition

noun

sense of achievementfeeling of accomplishment

Examples

成就感。
Wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù gěi le wǒ hěn dà de chéng jiù gǎn.
Completing this project gave me a great sense of achievement.
，成就感。
Měi cì kàn dào xué shēng jìn bù, lǎo shī dōu huì gǎn dào yì zhǒng chéng jiù gǎn.
Every time seeing students progress, the teacher feels a sense of achievement.
成就感，。
Tā tōng guò nǔ lì huò dé le chéng jiù gǎn, zhè ràng tā gèng jiā zì xìn.
He gained a sense of achievement through hard work, which made him more confident.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

成就achievement

成chéngaccomplish就jiùcomplete

联合Coordinate

感gǎnsense

成就 (achievement) plus 感 (sense) gives the feeling of accomplishment.

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 →

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

享享xiǎng
京京jīng

An older form paired 享, a temple, with 京, a tower, showing sacrifice at a high place; in 就 the temple part was dropped and a right part for going upward was added.

Open 就 →

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

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

咸xián感gǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

Open 感 →

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