乘
chéng
ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 丿
- HSK
- 4
- Tone
- 2
Stroke order
Example sentences
四乘三是十二。
Sì chéng sān shì shí èr
Four times three equals twelve.
我想乘地铁去。
Wǒ xiǎng chéng dì tiě qù
I want to get there by subway.
五乘二等于十。
Wǔ chéng èr děng yú shí
Five times two equals ten.
我们要乘火车去。
Wǒ men yào chéng huǒ chē qù
We're going by train.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 乘
- 乘坐chéng zuò 2–4 to ride (in a vehicle)
- 乘chéng 2to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed
- 乘客chéng kè 2–4 passenger
- 乘车chéng chē 2–1 to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor
- 乘务员chéng wù yuán 2–4–2attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
- 搭乘dā chéng 1–2 to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
- 可乘之机kě chéng zhī jī 3–2–1–1an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
- 乘人之危chéng rén zhī wēi 2–2–1–1to take advantage of sb's precarious position
- 乘shèng 4(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books