Chinese Word: 乘 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

乘Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 丿

Ideographic:Two feet 北 climbing a beanstalk 禾

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 禾 [ hé ] cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
- 北 [ běi ] north; northern; northward

Similar Characters: 乖

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Pinyin: chéng

English Definition:to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed

Chinese Definition:
①骑，坐：乘马。乘车。乘客。乘警。
②趁着，就着：乘便。乘机(趁着机会)。乘势。乘兴。因利乘便。
③算术中指一个数使另一个数变成若干倍：乘法。乘幂。乘数。
④佛教的教派或教法：大乘。小乘。上乘。下乘。
⑤姓氏。

Example Words:

乘客	chéng kè	passenger
乘坐HSK 4	chéng zuò	to ride (in a vehicle)
乘车	chéng chē	to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor
乘机	chéng jī	to take the opportunity; to take a plane
乘势	chéng shì	to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot

Pinyin: shèng

English Definition:four horse military chariot (archaic); four (archaic); generic term for history books

Chinese Definition:
①古代称兵车，四马一车为一乘：乘舆。千乘之国。
②古代称四为乘：乘矢。乘壶。“以乘韦先牛十二犒师”。
③中国春秋时晋国的史书称“乘”，后通称一般的史书：史乘。野乘。

Example Words:

	大乘	dà shèng	Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
	小乘	xiǎo shèng	Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]

1		wǒ 我 yào 要 chéng chē 乘车 qù 去 chāo shì 超市。 I am going to take a bus to go to the supermarket.
2		wǒ 我 měi tiān 每天 chéng 乘 dì tiě 地铁 shàng xué 上学。 I take the subway to school every day.
3		qǐng 请 chéng zuò 乘坐 fú tī 扶梯 wǎng 往 shàng 上 zǒu 走。 Please take the escalator up.
4		tā 他 jīng cháng 经常 chéng zuò 乘坐 chū zū chē 出租车 chū xíng 出行。 He often takes taxis for transportation.
5		wǒ bù zhī dào 我不知道 gāi 该 chéng 乘 něi 哪 yī 一 bān chē 班车。 I don't know which bus to take.

1		wǒ 我 yào 要 chéng chē 乘车 qù 去 chāo shì 超市。 I am going to take a bus to go to the supermarket.
2		wǒ 我 měi tiān 每天 chéng 乘 dì tiě 地铁 shàng xué 上学。 I take the subway to school every day.
3		qǐng 请 chéng zuò 乘坐 fú tī 扶梯 wǎng 往 shàng 上 zǒu 走。 Please take the escalator up.
4		tā 他 jīng cháng 经常 chéng zuò 乘坐 chū zū chē 出租车 chū xíng 出行。 He often takes taxis for transportation.
5		wǒ bù zhī dào 我不知道 gāi 该 chéng 乘 něi 哪 yī 一 bān chē 班车。 I don't know which bus to take.