乘 | [ chéng ] surname Cheng |
乘 | [ chéng ] to ride, to mount, to make use of, to avail oneself of, to take advantage of, to multiply (math.), Buddhist sect or creed |
乘 | [ shèng ] four horse military chariot (archaic), four (archaic), generic term for history books |
乘人不備 | [ chéng rén bù beì ] to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom), to take sb by surprise |
乘人之危 | [ chéng rén zhī weī ] to take advantage of sb's precarious position |
乘以 | [ chéng yǐ ] (math.) multiplied with |
乘便 | [ chéng biàn ] at your convenience |
乘冪 | [ chéng mì ] the power of a number (square, cube etc), to exponentiate (math.) |
乘務 | [ chéng wù ] service (on a train, a plane etc) |
乘務員 | [ chéng wù yuán ] attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
乘勝 | [ chéng shèng ] to follow up a victory, to pursue retreating enemy |
乘勝追擊 | [ chéng shèng zhuī jī ] to follow up a victory and press home the attack, to pursue retreating enemy |
乘勢 | [ chéng shì ] to seize the opportunity, to strike while the iron is hot |
乘坐 | [ chéng zuò ] to ride (in a vehicle) |
乘堅策肥 | [ chéng jiān cè feí ] to live in luxury, lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses |
乘客 | [ chéng kè ] passenger |
乘搭 | [ chéng dā ] to ride as a passenger (in a car, boat, plane etc) |
乘數 | [ chéng shù ] multiplier |
乘方 | [ chéng fāng ] to square a number, to calculate the square |
乘機 | [ chéng jī ] to take the opportunity, to take a plane |
乘法 | [ chéng fǎ ] multiplication |
乘法表 | [ chéng fǎ ] multiplication table |
乘法逆 | [ chéng fǎ nì ] multiplicative inverse (math.) |
乘涼 | [ chéng liáng ] to cool off in the shade |
乘火打劫 | [ chéng huǒ dǎ jié ] to take advantage of sb's misfortune, to loot |
乘用車 | [ chéng yòng chē ] passenger vehicle |
乘積 | [ chéng jī ] product (result of multiplication) |
乘興 | [ chéng xìng ] while in high spirits, feeling upbeat, on an impulse |
乘船 | [ chéng chuán ] to embark, to travel by ship, to ferry |
乘虛 | [ chéng xū ] to take advantage of weakness |
乘虛而入 | [ chéng xū ér rù ] to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
乘號 | [ chéng haò ] multiplication sign (math.) |
乘警 | [ chéng jǐng ] police on trains, train marshal |
乘車 | [ chéng chē ] to ride (in a car or carriage), to drive, to motor |
乘除 | [ chéng chú ] to multiply and divide |
乘隙 | [ chéng xì ] to seize an opportunity, to exploit (a loophole) |
乘風 | [ chéng fēng ] to ride the wind, to use a fair wind, to take an opportunity |
乘風破浪 | [ chéng fēng pò làng ] to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions |
乘鶴 | [ chéng hè ] to fly on a crane, to die |
乘龍 | [ chéng lóng ] to ride the dragon, to die (of emperors and kings) |
乘龍快婿 | [ chéng lóng xù ] ideal son-in-law |
⇒ 上乘 | [ shàng chéng ] first-class, best quality, also pr. [shang4 sheng4] |
⇒ 九九乘法表 | [ jiǔ jiǔ chéng fǎ ] multiplication table |
⇒ 候乘 | [ hoù chéng ] to wait for a train or bus |
⇒ 共乘 | [ gòng chéng ] to ride together, to carpool |
⇒ 前人栽樹,後人乘涼 | [ qián rén zaī shù hoù rén chéng liáng ] to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom) |
⇒ 加減乘除 | [ jiā jiǎn chéng chú ] addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic |
⇒ 包乘 | [ baō chéng ] to charter (a car, ship, plane) |
⇒ 包乘制 | [ baō chéng zhì ] chartering system |
⇒ 包乘組 | [ baō chéng zǔ ] chartering charge |
⇒ 千乘之國 | [ qiān shèng zhī guó ] (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state |
⇒ 可乘之機 | [ kě chéng zhī jī ] an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit |
⇒ 因利乘便 | [ yīn lì chéng biàn ] (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method |
⇒ 大乘 | [ dà shèng ] Mahayana, the Great Vehicle, Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond, also pr. [Da4 cheng2] |
⇒ 大樹底下好乘涼 | [ dà shù dǐ xià haǒ chéng liáng ] lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom), fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person |
⇒ 女乘務員 | [ nǚ chéng wù yuán ] stewardess, female flight attendant |
⇒ 小乘 | [ shèng ] Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle, Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras, also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] |
⇒ 換乘 | [ huàn chéng ] to change train (plane, bus etc), transfer between modes of transport |
⇒ 搭乘 | [ dā chéng ] to ride as a passenger, to travel by (car, plane etc) |
⇒ 最小二乘 | [ zuì èr chéng ] least squares (math.) |
⇒ 有機可乘 | [ yoǔ jī kě chéng ] to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom) |
⇒ 枚乘 | [ meí chéng ] Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet |
⇒ 相乘 | [ xiāng chéng ] to multiply (math.), multiplication |
⇒ 空乘 | [ kōng chéng ] flight attendant, on-board service |
⇒ 試乘 | [ shì chéng ] test drive |
⇒ 轉乘 | [ zhuǎn chéng ] to transfer, to change trains, buses etc |
⇒ 階乘 | [ jiē chéng ] the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 |
⇒ 駕乘 | [ jià chéng ] to drive (a car), to fly (an aircraft), to pilot (a boat) |