垂成

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (垂成)		垂	成
simp. ^#(垂成)		垂	成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuíchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuíchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéichéng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: chwéi-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweicherng
  - Palladius: чуйчэн (čujčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Verb

垂成

(literary) to approach completion; to be on the verge of success
- 為民族解放，為階級翻身，事業垂成，公胡遽死？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  为民族解放，为阶级翻身，事业垂成，公胡遽死？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1947, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 輓續範亭聯 (Elegiac Couplet to Xu Fanting)
  Wèi mínzú jiěfàng, wèi jiējí fānshēn, shìyè chuíchéng, gōng hú jù sǐ? [Pinyin]
  For the nation's liberation, for the oppressed class to be freed, triumph of our cause is already on the horizon—why then did you suddenly close your eyes!