TraceHanzi

成熟 meaning in English

chéngshú

mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen

HSK 3adjective21 strokes

Meaning of 成熟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chéngshú
  1. mature; ripe
  2. to mature; to ripen
  3. Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]

How to use 成熟

成熟 describes ripe fruit and crops, mature people, and well-developed plans or technology. It works as an adjective and also as a verb meaning to ripen. Example: 他比以前成熟多了。(Tā bǐ yǐqián chéngshú duō le.) He is much more mature than before.

成 (chéng) means to become or complete, and 熟 (shú) means cooked or ripe. Something that has become fully ripe is 成熟, whether it is fruit on a tree or a person who has grown up.

Common mistake: Learners often read 熟 as shóu in this word. That reading is colloquial and used alone, as in 饭熟了, while 成熟 is normally chéngshú in standard Mandarin. Taiwan uses chéngshóu.

成熟 in example sentences

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

汤tāng姆mǔ长zhǎng得de比bǐ较jiào成chéng熟shú。
Tom is younger than he looks.
他tā留liú了le胡hú子zi，为wèi了le让ràng自zì己jǐ看kàn起qǐ来lái更gèng成chéng熟shú。
He grew a beard to look more mature.
你nǐ已yǐ经jīng足zú够gòu成chéng熟shú了le，应yīng该gāi懂dǒng得de更gèng多duō东dōng西xī了le。
You are old enough to know better.
五wǔ成chéng熟shú牛niú排pái见jiàn了le七qī成chéng熟shú牛niú排pái为wèi什shén么me不bù打dǎ招zhāo呼hū？两liǎng个gè都dōu不bù熟shú。
Why didn't the half-cooked steak say hello to the nearly-cooked steak when the two saw each other? They both weren't ready.
成chéng熟shú的de枇pí杷pá很hěn容róng易yì从cóng树shù上shàng摘zhāi下xià来lái。
Ripe medlars come away easily from the tree.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

成 chéng · to succeed · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

熟 shú · ripe · 15 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15

Related words

Words that share a character with 成熟.

成为chéngwéito become; to turn into
变成biànchéngto change into; to turn into
完成wánchéngto complete; to accomplish
成绩chéngjìachievement; performance records
组成zǔchéngto form; to make up
成功chénggōngto succeed; success
造成zàochéngto bring about; to create; to cause
成员chéngyuánmember
形成xíngchéngto form; to take shape
成长chéngzhǎngto mature; to grow
成就chéngjiùaccomplishment; success
成立chénglìto establish; to set up

Questions about 成熟

What does 成熟 mean?

成熟 (chéngshú) means "mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 成熟?

成熟 is made of 2 characters: 成 (6 strokes), 熟 (15 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 成熟 an HSK word?

Yes. 成熟 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Can 成熟 describe ideas or plans, not just people and fruit?

Yes. You can say 条件成熟了 (tiáojiàn chéngshú le), the conditions are ripe, or 这个想法还不成熟, this idea is not fully developed yet.

What is the opposite of 成熟?

For people, a common opposite is 幼稚 (yòuzhì), childish or naive. For fruit or plans, you can simply say 不成熟 (bù chéngshú), not ripe or not mature.

舞台Previous in HSK 3wǔtái