成熟

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
simp. and trad. (成熟)		成	熟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngshú, chéngshóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ suk⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-su̍k / sàng-siuk
• Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-sṳ̆k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-se̍k / sêng-sia̍k / sêng-sio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ sêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shu²
    • Yale: chéng-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshwu
    • Palladius: чэншу (čɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shou²
    • Yale: chéng-shóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshour
    • Palladius: чэншоу (čɛnšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ suk⁶
    • Yale: sìhng suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-su̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ sug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ suk̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-siuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ xiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² xiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ si̯uk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-sṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)nyʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsek
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-sia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁵ sêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng se̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚⁴/

Verb

成熟

1. (botany) to ripen; to ripe
2. (biology, figurative) to mature

   時機成熟／时机成熟  ―  shíjī chéngshú  ―  the timing is right

Synonyms

• (to ripen): (literary, or in compounds) 登 (dēng)

Adjective

成熟

1. (biology, figurative) mature

Antonyms

• 幼稚 (yòuzhì)
• 稚嫩 (zhìnèn)

Derived terms

• 性成熟 (xìngchéngshú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	熟
せい Grade: 4	じゅく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

成(せい)熟(じゅく) • (seijuku) 

1. maturity
2. ripeness

Verb

成(せい)熟(じゅく)する • (seijuku suru) suru (stem 成(せい)熟(じゅく)し (seijuku shi), past 成(せい)熟(じゅく)した (seijuku shita))

1. to mature
2. to ripen

Conjugation

Conjugation of "成熟する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	成熟し	せいじゅくし	seijuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	成熟し	せいじゅくし	seijuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	成熟する	せいじゅくする	seijuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	成熟する	せいじゅくする	seijuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	成熟すれ	せいじゅくすれ	seijuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	成熟せよ¹ 成熟しろ²	せいじゅくせよ¹ せいじゅくしろ²	seijuku seyo¹ seijuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	成熟される	せいじゅくされる	seijuku sareru
Causative	成熟させる 成熟さす	せいじゅくさせる せいじゅくさす	seijuku saseru seijuku sasu
Potential	成熟できる	せいじゅくできる	seijuku dekiru
Volitional	成熟しよう	せいじゅくしよう	seijuku shiyō
Negative	成熟しない	せいじゅくしない	seijuku shinai
Negative continuative	成熟せず	せいじゅくせず	seijuku sezu
Formal	成熟します	せいじゅくします	seijuku shimasu
Perfective	成熟した	せいじゅくした	seijuku shita
Conjunctive	成熟して	せいじゅくして	seijuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	成熟すれば	せいじゅくすれば	seijuku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative