成立

• 拼音: chéng lì
• 汉字拆解: 成 = meaning to accomplish or complete; 立 = pictograph of a person standing on the ground, meaning to stand or establish

含义

To establish; to found; to set up. Used when an organisation, company, or group is officially created.

Refers to the formal creation of institutions, companies, organisations, or countries. Also used in logic to mean 'to hold true' or 'to be valid' (这个理论不成立, this theory doesn't hold). Common in news and formal contexts.

例句

1. 这家公司是2010年成立的。
2. 学校成立了一个新的社团。
3. 中华人民共和国于1949年成立。

用法指南

语境: business, government, organisations

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他们决定成立一个志愿者团队。(They decided to establish a volunteer team.)
• 这个组织成立已经有五十年了。(This organisation was established fifty years ago.)

错误说法

• 成立了一个朋友 (Don't use 成立 for personal relationships — it applies to organisations and institutions; say 交了一个朋友 for making a friend)

起源与历史

Compound of 成 (to accomplish, to complete) and 立 (to stand, to establish), together meaning to formally set up or bring into existence.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal