趁 chèn

1. chèn verb to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to use time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '趁'; Guoyu '趁' v 3; Kroll 2015 '趁' 3, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '趁', p. 42; Unihan '趁'; XHZD '趁' 1, p. 83)
2. chèn verb to advance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '趁' 2, p. 47)
3. chèn verb to pursue; to chase after
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 趁 is similar in meaning to 逐 or 追赶 (Guoyu '趁' v 1; Kroll 2015 '趁' 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '趁', p. 42)
4. chèn verb to go; to visit; to attend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 趁 is similar in meaning to 往 or 赴 (Mathews 1931 '趁', p. 42)
5. chèn verb to be rich in; to be full of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: In this sense 趁 is similar in meaning to 富有 (XHZD '趁' 2, p. 84)
6. chèn verb to search for
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 趁 is similar in meaning to 找寻 (Guoyu '趁' v 2)
7. chèn verb to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 趁 is similar in meaning to 追随 (Guoyu '趁' v 4; Kroll 2015 '趁' 1, p. 47)

Contained in

• 趁空 to take advantage of free time
• 趁早 as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better
• 趁时候(趁時候) to take advantage of an opportune time
• 打铁趁热(打鐵趁熱) to strike iron it must be hot
• 趁乱逃脱(趁亂逃脫) to run away in the confusion; to take advantage of the confusion to escape
• 趁便 to take the opportunity; in passing
• 趁早儿(趁早兒) as soon as possible
• 趁风扬帆(趁風揚帆) to raise the sail when the wind comes up
• 趁愿(趁願) to be just as one wishes
• 趁行 to sell below market price
• 趁墟 to go to market
• 趁热打铁(趁熱打鐵) to strike while the iron is hot
• 趁势(趁勢) to take advantage of a favorable situation; to use one's position of power as an opportunity
• 趁火打劫 to loot a burning house; to profit from somebody's misfortune
• 趁机会(趁機會) to make use of an opportunity
• 趁人之危 to take advantage of somebody's difficulties
• 趁心 satisfactory; agreeable
• 趁心如意 to fill one's heart with satisfaction
• 趁机(趁機) to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation
• 趁时风(趁時風) to take advantage of an opportune moment

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 64 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
• 第三回 Chapter 3 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
• 第九十一回 Chapter 91 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第一回 Chapter 1 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 4 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3

Collocations

• 趁船 (趁船) 我是趁船的 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 9
• 赶趁 (趕趁) 小人趕趁些生活 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 7
• 趁时 (趁時) 乞候農隙趁時開鑿 — History of Song 宋史, 卷九十七 志第五十 河渠七 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Rivers and Canals 7 — count: 4
• 方趁 (方趁) 吾今日方趁平生之願矣 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第一百十九回 Chapter 119 — count: 4
• 趁天 (趁天) 押司只好趁天未明時討具棺材盛了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 3
• 趁鬨 (趁鬨) 趁鬨打劫 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十六回 Chapter 16 — count: 3
• 趁赴 (趁赴) 自今如遇宰執俱致齋不及趁赴 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十三 志第七十六 禮二十六 Volume 123 Treatises 76: Rites 26 — count: 3
• 趁五更 (趁五更) 趁五更天色未明 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 3
• 趁闹 (趁鬧) 從人隊裏趁鬧出去了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十六回 Chapter 56 — count: 3
• 寻趁 (尋趁) 披樹葉相尋趁 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 — count: 3