乘

chéng

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Meanings

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chéng

1.to ride
2.to mount
3.to make use of
4.to avail oneself of
5.to take advantage of
6.to multiply (math.)
7.Buddhist sect or creed

chéng

1.old variant of 乘[chéng]

Chéng

1.surname Cheng

shèng

1.(archaic) four horse military chariot
2.(archaic) four
3.generic term for history books

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Wiktionary

1.to ascend; to go up
2.to drive (a horse, cart, etc.)
3.to take (a form of transport)
4.to make use of; to take advantage of
5.to pursue; to attack
6.to multiply
7.a surname
8.war chariot drawn by four horses; (imperial) carriage
9.Classifier for carriages drawn by four horses.
10.history book
11.vehicle; creed; yana

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a person 大 climbing a tree 木, with the feet visible. Etymology clearer in alternative form 椉. In the form 乘, simplified to 禾 + 北.

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Stroke order

Components

乘禾北

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

他乘小船過河。
He crossed the river in a small boat.
我想乘地铁去。
I want to get there by subway.
乘巴士更省钱。
It is cheaper to go by bus.
乘公交车费时。
The bus will take time.
您应该乘5路车。
You should take the number 5 bus.
我乘电梯上三楼。
I took the elevator to the third floor.

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Antonyms

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Related words

乘客 passenger 乘坐 to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)乘车 to ride (in a car or carriage)搭乘 to ride as a passenger 枚乘 Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet 相乘 to multiply (math.)乘搭 to ride as a passenger (in a car, boat, plane etc)乘胜 to follow up a victory 乘虚 to take advantage of weakness 驾乘 to drive (a car)转乘 to transfer 乘方 (math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power