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長
成
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长
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Jyutping
zoeng2 sing4
Pinyin
zhǎng chéng
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to grow up
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, literary, specifically
to grow up; to grow to maturity
verb, literary
to grow up; to grow to maturity
verb, literary
to form; to be formed; to come into being; to generate; to produce
(syn.) 生成, 形成
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
好多怪兽家长成日谷啲细路去学好多嘢。
好多怪獸家長成日谷啲細路去學好多嘢。
hou2 do1 gwaai3 sau3 gaa1 zoeng2 seng4 jat6 guk1 di1 sai3 lou6 heoi3 hok6 hou2 do1 je5.
Many monster parents always boost their children by forcing them to learn lots of things.
Cantonese
而家啲仔女都羽翼长成啦,好少噃嚟啰。
而家啲仔女都羽翼長成啦,好少噃嚟囉。
My children become independent now. They seldom come back to visit me.
Cantonese
政府又要资助文化发展,但又怕文化人羽翼长成就作反,呢啲咪叶公好龙啰。
政府又要資助文化發展,但又怕文化人羽翼長成就作反,呢啲咪葉公好龍囉。
zing3 fu2 jau6 jiu3 zi1 zo6 man4 faa3 faat3 zin2, daan6 jau6 paa3 man4 faa3 jan4 jyu5 jik6 zoeng2 sing4 zau6 zok3 faan2, ni1 di1 mai6 jip6 gung1 hou3 lung4 lo1.
How hypocritical it is for the government to sponsor cultural development, yet worried about opposition from intellectuals.