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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 成名

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
成名 chéng míng - to make one's name; to become famous

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,256 10,323 11,097

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chéng- surname Cheng
- short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1]
chéng- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
- to be all right
- OK!
- one tenth
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people

Other Words Containing 成名

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
成名 - - 8,256 10,323 11,097
功成名就 - - 24,876 43,397 33,599
成名作 - - 55,687 - -