CHENG

Many complicated characters spoken as 'cheng' contain as sound-determining element the character 成 = cheng(2) = to become, to succeed.

cheng(1)

cheng(2)

成 = to become, to succeed

For the meaning 'to become' the following two-character word is more common:

成为 = cheng(2)wei(2) = to become

成为好朋友 = cheng(2)wei(2) hao(3) peng(2)you(-) = to become good friends

cheng(3)

cheng(4)