乘 chéng

1. chéng verb to mount; to climb onto
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 登 or 升 (Guoyu '乘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '乘' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
2. chéng verb to multiply
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: As in 乘法 multiplication (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 3; Guoyu '乘' v 6)
3. shèng measure word measure word for chariots
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 1; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
4. shèng noun a vehicle; a chariot; a carriage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: zyingH (ABC 'shèng' 乘 bf; Kroll 2015 '乘 shèng' 1, p. 48; GHDC '乘' shèng 1)
5. chéng verb to ride
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 搭坐 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 1; Guoyu '乘' v 3; Kroll 2015 '乘' 2, p. 48)
6. chéng verb to make use of; to take advantage of; to comply with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 趁 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 2; Guoyu '乘' v 4; Kroll 2015 '乘' 3, p. 48)
7. chéng verb to prevail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 战胜 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 4, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 7).
8. chéng verb to pursue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 追逐 (GHDC 2007 '乘' 6; Guoyu '乘' v 5; Kroll 2015 '乘' 5, p. 48)
9. chéng verb to calculate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 计算 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 6, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 9).
10. chéng noun a four horse team
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
11. chéng noun to drive; to control
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 驾驭 (Guoyu '乘' v 2)
12. chéng proper noun Cheng
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '乘' n 2)
13. shèng noun historical records
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example 史乘 Book of History (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 2; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)

Contained in

• 乘法表 multiplication table
• 乘时(乘時) to act when the opportunity arises
• 乘鹤(乘鶴) to fly on a crane; to die
• 上乘 first-class; best quality; first rate ; four horses and a carriage
• 前人栽树，后人乘凉(前人栽樹，後人乘涼) to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors.
• 空乘 flight attendant; on-board service
• 乘坐 to ride; to travel
• 乘隙 to seize an opportunity; to exploit a loophole
• 乘机(乘機) seizing the chance
• 伍员乘潮(伍員乘潮) Wu Yuan rides the tide
• 乘火打劫 to take advantage of somebody's misfortune; to loot
• 乘船 to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
• 乘马(乘馬) to ride a horse ; a team of four horses
• 野乘 unofficial history
• 加减乘除(加減乘除) four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• 骑乘(騎乘) to drive [a vehicle]
• 乘虚(乘虛) to take advantage of weakness
• 乘云(乘雲) to ride a cloud
• 空中乘务员(空中乘務員) flight attendant
• 乘除 multiplication and division; calculation ; increase and decrease ; to plan
• 乘象入胎 conception
• 乘用车(乘用車) passenger vehicle
• 乘客 passenger
• 乘搭 to ride as a passenger (in a car, boat, plane etc)
• 乘务员(乘務員) flight attendant; train attendant
• 乘凌高城 climbs the high walls of the castle
• 大乘 Mahayana
• 乘积(乘積) a product
• 千乘之国(千乘之國) a state with a thousand chariots
• 乘胜(乘勝) to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy
• 乘槎 to ride on a raft
• 乘车(乘車) to ride in a car or carriage
• 乘间(乘間) take advantage of an opportunity
• 搭乘 to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
• 大树底下好乘凉(大樹底下好乘涼) under a big tree the shade is plentiful; to benefit by proximity to an influential person
• 阶乘(階乘) the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
• 乘驾(乘駕) to board a carriage
• 九九乘法表 multiplication table
• 晋之乘(晉之乘) annals of Jin
• 包乘组(包乘組) chartering charge
• 超乘 to jump into a carriage
• 乘着云(乘著雲) to ride a cloud
• 乘人之危 to take advantage of somebody's precarious position
• 乘黄(乘黃) Chenghuang; Feihuang
• 试乘(試乘) test drive
• 乘龙(乘龍) to ride the dragon
• 乘潮 ride the tide

Also contained in

四乘 、 一乘圆顿戒 、 尚乘寺 、 枚乘

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 155
• 卷18　志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
• 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 91
• 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 84
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 78
• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 62
• 卷一百五十 志第一百〇三 輿服二 Volume 150 Treatises 103: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 62
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 60
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 60

Collocations

• 乘舟 (乘舟) 二子乘舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 10
• 千乘 (千乘) 公車千乘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 9
• 骖乘 (驂乘) 而使職驂乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 子乘 (子乘) 二子乘舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 7
• 三百乘 (三百乘) 齊侯使公子無虧帥車三百乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 6
• 卒乘 (卒乘) 具卒乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 五乘 (五乘) 五乘為三伍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 乘丘 (乘丘) 公敗宋師於乘丘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 百乘 (百乘) 駟介百乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 乘轩 (乘軒) 鶴有乘軒者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 4