成名 meaning in English

chéngmíng

to make one's name; to become famous

12 strokes

Meaning of 成名

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chéngmíng
  1. to make one's name; to become famous

成名 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ不bù想xiǎng成chéng名míng。
I don't want to be famous.
成chéng名míng作zuò了le。
It became his breakout work.
也yě许xǔ他tā不bú会huì成chéng名míng。
Maybe he won't become famous.
他tā可kě能néng永yǒng远yuǎn不bù成chéng名míng。
Perhaps he'll never become famous.
他tā为wèi了le成chéng名míng,没méi有yǒu错cuò失shī过guò半bàn个gè机jī会huì。
He made use of every opportunity to become famous.

Stroke order for each character

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成 chéng · to succeed · 6 strokes

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名 míng · name · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 成名.

名字míngziname (of a person or thing)
有名yǒumíngfamous; well-known
成为chéngwéito become; to turn into
变成biànchéngto change into; to turn into
完成wánchéngto complete; to accomplish
名单míngdānlist of names
成绩chéngjìachievement; performance records
姓名xìngmíngsurname and given name; full name
组成zǔchéngto form; to make up
名称míngchēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)
报名bàomíngto sign up; to enter one's name
成功chénggōngto succeed; success

Questions about 成名

What does 成名 mean?

成名 (chéngmíng) means "to make one's name; to become famous".

How do you write 成名?

成名 is made of 2 characters: 成 (6 strokes), 名 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.