乘
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to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,087 U+4E58
How 乘 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two feet 北 climbing a beanstalk 禾
How to remember it
hitch a ride · Heisig RSH #1706
goody-goody + umbrella
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 乘 as their sound component
These characters all use 乘 (chéng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乘 sound component | chéng | ride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multiply |
| 剩 | shèng | leftovers, residue, remains |
| 嵊 | shèng | a district in Zhejiang |
Words containing 乘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有机可乘 | yǒu jī kě chéng | to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom) |
| 可乘之机 | kě chéng zhī jī | (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit |
| 千乘之国 | qiān shèng zhī guó | (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state |
| 乘用车 | chéng yòng chē | passenger vehicle |
| 乘人不备 | chéng rén bù bèi | to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise |
| 女乘务员 | nǚ chéng wù yuán | stewardess; female flight attendant |
| 大树底下好乘凉 | dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng | lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom); fig. to benefit by proximity to an i… |
| 乘法表 | chéng fǎ biǎo | multiplication table |
| 包乘制 | bāo chéng zhì | chartering system |
| 最小二乘法 | zuì xiǎo èr chéng fǎ | (math.) least squares method |
| 大乘 | Dà shèng | Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central A… |
| 乘务员 | chéng wù yuán | attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
| 乘虚而入 | chéng xū ér rù | to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
| 小乘 | Xiǎo shèng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao… |
| 自乘 | zì chéng | (math.) to multiply (a number) by itself; to raise (a number) to a power; (esp.) to square… |
| 乘机 | chéng jī | to take the opportunity; to take a plane |
| 乘人之危 | chéng rén zhī wēi | to take advantage of sb's precarious position |
| 上乘 | shàng chéng | first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4] |
| 乘法 | chéng fǎ | multiplication |
| 乘车 | chéng chē | to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor |