成立 meaning in English

chénglì

to establish; to set up

HSK 3verb11 strokes

Meaning of 成立

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chénglì

to establish
to set up
to be tenable
to hold water

How to use 成立

成立 is used for founding organizations, countries, or companies, and also for saying an argument or claim holds up. Example: 这家公司是2010年成立的。(Zhè jiā gōngsī shì 2010 nián chénglì de.) This company was founded in 2010.

成 (chéng) means to complete or become, and 立 (lì) means to stand. When something is made complete and can stand on its own, it has been established, like a new company or an argument that stands up.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 成立 for building physical things like houses, but that needs 建 (jiàn) or 建造 (jiànzào). Also keep 立 in the fourth tone, lì, not lí.

成立 in example sentences

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

有yǒu些xiē情qíng况kuàng之zhī下xià，这zhè条tiáo规guī则zé不bù能néng成chéng立lì。

There are some cases where the rule does not hold good.

他tā成chéng立lì了le自zì己jǐ的de公gōng司sī的de时shí候hòu还hái不bú到dào二èr十shí岁suì。

He was still in his teens when he founded a company.

我wǒ们men现xiàn在zài能néng肯kěn定dìng地dì说shuō，这zhè个ge假jiǎ设shè是shì成chéng立lì的de。

We can now say definitely that this hypothesis holds water.

为wèi了le调diào查chá物wù价jià，成chéng立lì了le一yí个gè委wěi员yuán会huì。

A committee was constituted to investigate prices.

此cǐ公gōng式shì对duì所suǒ有yǒu实shí部bù大dà于yú零líng的de复fù数shù z 均jūn成chéng立lì。

This formula is valid for all complex numbers z with a real part greater than zero.

Stroke order for each character

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

成 chéng · to succeed · 6 strokes

立 lì · to stand · 5 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 成立.

成为	chéngwéi	to become; to turn into
变成	biànchéng	to change into; to turn into
完成	wánchéng	to complete; to accomplish
成绩	chéngjì	achievement; performance records
组成	zǔchéng	to form; to make up
成功	chénggōng	to succeed; success
立刻	lìkè	immediately; at once; right away
造成	zàochéng	to bring about; to create; to cause
建立	jiànlì	to establish; to set up
成员	chéngyuán	member
形成	xíngchéng	to form; to take shape
成熟	chéngshú	mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen

Questions about 成立

What does 成立 mean?

成立 (chénglì) means "to establish; to set up" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 成立?

成立 is made of 2 characters: 成 (6 strokes), 立 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 成立 an HSK word?

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

How do I say an argument doesn't hold water with 成立?

Put 不 in front: 这个理由不成立 (zhège lǐyóu bù chénglì), this reason doesn't hold up. This sense is common in discussions, debates, and logic.

What is the difference between 成立 and 组成?

成立 means an organization comes into existence, like a club being founded. 组成 (zǔchéng) describes what something is made up of, such as 由五个人组成 (yóu wǔ gè rén zǔchéng), made up of five people.