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编成 (biān chéng) — to compile (a book, document, list) into a finished form; to weave (fibers, threads, materials) together; (military) to form (a unit, team)

Definition

A resultative verb meaning 'compile / weave / organize into a finished form' — stresses the completed output rather than the process. Pairs with 把 to mark the object being formed.

verb
to compile (a book, document, list) into a finished formto weave (fibers, threads, materials) together(military) to form (a unit, team)

Examples

  • 编成。
    Tā huā le yì nián shí jiān bǎ zī liào biān chéng le yì běn shū.
    He spent a year compiling the materials into a book.
  • 编成。
    Zhè zhǒng cǎo kě yǐ biān chéng cǎo xié chuān zhuó zǒu lù.
    This kind of grass can be woven into sandals to wear for walking.
  • 编成。
    Bù duì zhèng zài biān chéng xīn de zhàn dòu dān wèi.
    The army is forming a new combat unit.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

编biānweave
成chéngfinish

编 gives the weaving or compiling sense, and 成 shows completion.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn編biān
Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

Open 编 →

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 →
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