Chinese

成為

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
to become; to turn into; to change into
  • TOCFL 6
  • 成爲
  • 成为

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  • characterChinese成 “to succeed; to accomplish; to achieve; to finish; to complete”
    • meaningChinese戊 “the fifth of the ten heavenly stems”
    • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
  • characterChinese為 “to do; to accomplish; to take action”
    • simplified fromChinese爲
    • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
    • ideaChinese象 “elephant (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c mn)”

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