成人
Chinese edit
finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (成人) |
成 | 人 |
Pronunciation 1 edit
Noun edit
成人
- adult; grown-up
- 成人教育 ― chéngrén jiàoyù ― adult education
- (literary) talented and virtuous person
- 今之成人者、何必然?見利思義、見危授命、久要不忘平生之言、亦可以爲成人矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
- Jīn zhī chéngrén zhě, hé bìrán? Jiànlì sīyì, jiànwēi shòumìng, jiǔ yào bùwàng píngshēng zhī yán, yì kěyǐ wéi chéngrén yǐ. [Pinyin]
- For someone to be deemed a complete man nowadays, what need does he have for all this? If – seeing profit – his thoughts turn to what is right, and – seeing danger – he is ready to give up his life, and if he can long endure hardship without forgetting the teachings that have guided his ordinary life, he may indeed be deemed a complete man.
今之成人者、何必然?见利思义、见危授命、久要不忘平生之言、亦可以为成人矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms edit
- (adult):
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "adult"):
Derived terms edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Verb edit
成人
- to grow up; to become full-grown
- to make something of oneself; to become worthy of respect
- (literary) to bring someone up
- (of a prostitute) to lose virginity
Synonyms edit
Adjective edit
成人
- (Hakka, Southern Min, of a person) presentable; decent
Pronunciation 3 edit
Verb edit
成人
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to betroth (a girl)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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成 | 人 |
せい Grade: 4 |
じん Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
Pronunciation edit
- Homophones: 世塵, 西人, 征人, 聖人
Noun edit
- an adult; a grown-up
- 成人の平均身長
- seijin no heikin shinchō
- average height of adults
- 成人向けゲーム
- seijin-muke gēmu
- video game for adults; pornographic video game
- 成人済み
- seijin-zumi
- (social media) minors DNI
- (literally, “already an adult”)
- 成人の平均身長
Usage notes edit
- In Japan, the legal age for adulthood was changed from 20 to 18 on April 1, 2022. ([1])
Verb edit
成人する • (seijin suru) suru (stem 成人し (seijin shi), past 成人した (seijin shita))
- to reach adulthood; to come of age
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "成人する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 成人し | せいじんし | seijin shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 成人し | せいじんし | seijin shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 成人する | せいじんする | seijin suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 成人する | せいじんする | seijin suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 成人すれ | せいじんすれ | seijin sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 成人せよ¹ 成人しろ² |
せいじんせよ¹ せいじんしろ² |
seijin seyo¹ seijin shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 成人される | せいじんされる | seijin sareru | |
Causative | 成人させる 成人さす |
せいじんさせる せいじんさす |
seijin saseru seijin sasu | |
Potential | 成人できる | せいじんできる | seijin dekiru | |
Volitional | 成人しよう | せいじんしよう | seijin shiyō | |
Negative | 成人しない | せいじんしない | seijin shinai | |
Negative continuative | 成人せず | せいじんせず | seijin sezu | |
Formal | 成人します | せいじんします | seijin shimasu | |
Perfective | 成人した | せいじんした | seijin shita | |
Conjunctive | 成人して | せいじんして | seijin shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 成人すれば | せいじんすれば | seijin sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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成 | 人 |