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成人

chéng rén

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

成人 (chéng rén) means "adult". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 成人 means

1. to reach adulthood
2. an adult

The characters in 成人

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 不想变为成人哟。
  Bù xiǎng biànwéi chéngrén yō.
  I don't want to grow up.
• 她使他长大成人。
  She made a man of him.
• 女孩长大成人了。
  The girl became a woman.
• 你儿子现在成人了。
  Your son has come of age.

Words starting with 成人

• 成人之美chéng rén zhī měi(idiom) beauty of helping others succeed; act of helping sb fulfill their wish
• 成人用品chéng rén yòng pǐnadult products; sex-related goods (condoms, lubricants, sex toys etc)
• 成人向chéng rén xiàngsuitable for adults
• 成人礼chéng rén lǐcoming of age ceremony

Words containing 成人

• 抚养成人fǔ yǎng chéng rénto bring up (a child)

Sounds the same

Read chéng rén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成仁to die for a good cause

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