HSK 5 vocabulary › 成语
成语
成语 in English: Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom
chéng yǔ
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom
How to pronounce 成语
chéng yǔ (without tone marks: cheng yu). chéng is a second (rising) tone; yǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 成语
成 chéng
to succeed; to finish; to complete
to succeed; to finish; to complete
语 yǔ
dialect; language; speech
dialect; language; speech
Related words
| 汉语 | hàn yǔ | Chinese language | HSK 1 |
| 成绩 | chéng jì | achievement; performance records | HSK 3 |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish | HSK 3 |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | success; to succeed | HSK 4 |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into | HSK 4 |
| 养成 | yǎng chéng | to cultivate; to raise | HSK 4 |
| 词语 | cí yǔ | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term) | HSK 4 |
| 语法 | yǔ fǎ | grammar | HSK 4 |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language | HSK 4 |
| 成分 | chéng fèn | composition; ingredient | HSK 5 |