成活

chénghuó

verb #31,632

Meanings

1 to survive
2 to take root (of a plant)
3 to engraft successfully

Characters

to become, succeed

Examples

这批树苗全部成活了。

Zhè pī shùmiáo quánbù chénghuó le.

All of this batch of saplings took root.

移植手术很成功，器官顺利成活。

Yízhí shǒushù hěn chénggōng, qìguān shùnlì chénghuó.

The transplant surgery was a success and the organ took root smoothly.

Tips

usage

成活 centers on 'successfully becoming alive' after some intervention — planting, transplanting, grafting, hatching. The derived noun 成活率 (survival rate) is the figure growers and surgeons actually quote.

Stroke Order

成 chéng

活 huó