# 成熟
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéngshú, chéngshóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$ suk$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-su̍k / sàng-siuk
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng-sṳ̆k
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^2$ soeh$^7$ / sing$^2$ syeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-se̍k / sêng-sia̍k / sêng-sio̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng$^5$ sêg$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshú
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$-shu$^2$
*** Yale: chéng-shú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshwu
*** Palladius: чэншу (čɛnšu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshóu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$-shou$^2$
*** Yale: chéng-shóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshour
*** Palladius: чэншоу (čɛnšou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ suk$^6$
*** Yale: sìhng suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-su̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin$^ˇ$ sug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^2$ sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ suk̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-siuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: sang$^ˇ$ xiug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sang$^2$ xiug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ si̯uk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng-sṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(s-)}$nyʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^2$ soeh$^7$ [Phonetic: sing$^5$ noeh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$nœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^2$ syeh$^7$ [Phonetic: sing$^5$ nyeh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$nyøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-se̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sîng-si̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsek
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sîng-sia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sîng-sio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiok
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sêng$^5$ sêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng se̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚⁴/

### Verb

成熟
* (botany) to ripen; to ripe
* (biology, figurative) to mature
    時機成熟／时机成熟 ― shíjī chéngshú ― the timing is right

#### Synonyms

* (to ripen): (literary, or in compounds) 登 (dēng)

### Adjective

成熟
* (biology, figurative) mature

#### Antonyms

* 幼稚 (yòuzhì)
* 稚嫩 (zhìnèn)

### Derived terms

* 性成熟 (xìngchéngshú)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 成 | 熟 |
| せい Grade: 4 | じゅく Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

成(せい)熟(じゅく) • (seijuku)
* maturity
* ripeness

### Verb

成(せい)熟(じゅく)する • (seijuku suru) suru (stem 成(せい)熟(じゅく)し (seijuku shi), past 成(せい)熟(じゅく)した (seijuku shita))
* to mature
* to ripen

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 成熟し | せいじゅくし | seijuku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 成熟し | せいじゅくし | seijuku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 成熟する | せいじゅくする | seijuku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 成熟する | せいじゅくする | seijuku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 成熟すれ | せいじゅくすれ | seijuku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 成熟せよ¹ 成熟しろ² | せいじゅくせよ¹ せいじゅくしろ² | seijuku seyo¹ seijuku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 成熟される | せいじゅくされる | seijuku sareru |
| Causative | 成熟させる 成熟さす | せいじゅくさせる せいじゅくさす | seijuku saseru seijuku sasu |
| Potential | 成熟できる | せいじゅくできる | seijuku dekiru |
| Volitional | 成熟しよう | せいじゅくしよう | seijuku shiyō |
| Negative | 成熟しない | せいじゅくしない | seijuku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 成熟せず | せいじゅくせず | seijuku sezu |
| Formal | 成熟します | せいじゅくします | seijuku shimasu |
| Perfective | 成熟した | せいじゅくした | seijuku shita |
| Conjunctive | 成熟して | せいじゅくして | seijuku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 成熟すれば | せいじゅくすれば | seijuku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||