守成

Chinese

		to guard	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (守成)		守	成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-sêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuchéng
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: shǒu-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooucherng
  - Palladius: шоучэн (šoučɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² sing⁴
  - Yale: sáu sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwseeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: syuwX|syuwH dzyeng

Rime
Character	守	守	成
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	舒救切	是征切
Baxter	syuwX	syuwH	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨu^X/	/ɕɨu^H/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiu^H/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəu^X/	/ɕiəu^H/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuw^X/	/ɕuw^H/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiu^H/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəu^X/	/ɕĭəu^H/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^H/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	shòu	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau²	sau³	sing⁴

Verb

守成

to inherit and maintain the achievements of one's predecessors

Synonyms

(literary) 持守 (chíshǒu)