I don't want to be famous.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
成名
to make one's name; to become famous
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to make one's name; to become famous
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 成名 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 成名 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Maybe he won't become famous.
Perhaps he'll never become famous.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 成名.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 成名.
Directly before
- 渴望成名1
- 不成名1
- 不会成名1
- 为了成名1
- 会成名1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 成名
What does 成名 mean in Chinese?
成名 (chéngmíng) means to make one's name; to become famous.
How do you pronounce 成名?
成名 is pronounced chéngmíng.
Is 成名 an HSK word?
成名 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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