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Chinese name character 成

chéng

The character 成 (Mandarin chéng) appears in 32 names and 2 syllables in this reference and is spelled Seng, Sing and Cheng in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “to succeed; to accomplish; to become” and “to complete; to become”.

Names and syllables
34
Malaysian spellings
3
Strokes
7
Attested in records
11

34 names and syllables in this reference have 成 as one of their character options. For 11 of them, 成 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 成: the recorded options

  • to succeed; to accomplish; to become

    in 35 character options · attested

  • to complete; to become

    in 1 character options · attested

Unihan definition: completed, finished, fixed

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 成

成 Seng Hokkien · Cantonese · Teochew Sing Hokkien · Cantonese Cheng Mandarin
成 yields 3 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
SengHokkien · Cantonese · Teochewattested in name records
SingHokkien · Cantoneseattested in name records
ChengMandarinpossible

Readings of 成 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī sêng Seng, Sing
CantoneseJyutping sing4, seng4 Seng, Sing
TeochewPeng’im sêng5 Seng
MandarinHanyu Pinyin chéng Cheng

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin chéng and Cantonese sing4.

32 names that can be written with 成

2 syllables that can stand for 成

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 成 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 成 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+6210 · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 成 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 成, including “to succeed; to accomplish; to become” and “to complete; to become”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 成 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 成 is spelled Seng (Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew), Sing (Hokkien, Cantonese) and Cheng (Mandarin). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Seng written 成?

Not necessarily. The spelling Seng can also stand for 盛, 星, 升, 胜, 声. Only the family knows which character was chosen.