chéng

  1. chéng verb to bear; to carry; to hold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 1)
  2. chéng verb to succeed; to continue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 继承 (Kroll 2015 '承' 3; Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 5; Unihan '承').
  3. chéng verb to accept; to receive; to inherit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 1; Mathews 1931 '承', p. 50; NCCED '承' 6; Unihan '承')
  4. chéng verb to flatter; to honor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 奉承 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  5. chéng verb to undertake; to assume
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 承担 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 3).
  6. chéng verb to act on orders; to perform; to carry out
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 秉承 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  7. chéng verb to confess
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 招认; for example, 承招 to confess to a crime (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  8. chéng verb to attend; to assist; to aid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 丞 or with the same meaning as 侍奉 (Kroll 2015 '承' 7).
  9. chéng verb to acknowledge; to assent to; to acquiesce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 2)
  10. chéng verb to obstruct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 4)
  11. chéng verb to hear it said that
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 5)
  12. chéng adverb previously
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 6)
  13. chéng noun bearer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A part to take load (NCCED '承' 2)
  14. chéng verb to be indebted to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '承' 4)

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