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乘
Chéng
1. surname Cheng
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乘
chéng
ride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multiply
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

阶乘
jiēchéng
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
乘号
chénghào
multiplication sign (math.)
乘警
chéngjǐng
police on trains
乘车
chéngchē
to ride (in a car or carriage)
乘除
chéngchú
to multiply and divide
乘隙
chéngxì
to seize an opportunity
乘风
chéngfēng
to ride the wind
乘鹤
chénghè
to fly on a crane
乘龙
chénglóng
to ride the dragon
共乘
gòngchéng
to ride together
包乘
bāochéng
to charter (a car, ship, plane)
小乘
Xiǎochéng
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle
换乘
huànchéng
to change train (plane, bus etc)
搭乘
dāchéng
to ride as a passenger
枚乘
MéiChéng
Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
相乘
xiāngchéng
to multiply (math.)
空乘
kōngchéng
flight attendant
试乘
shìchéng
test drive
转乘
zhuǎnchéng
to transfer
上乘
shàngchéng
first-class

Alternate Entries

乘
chéng
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (mathematics) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 6
乘
shèng
four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books
HSK 6
乘
chéng
old variant of [[乘<chéng>]]
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,230
Word Frequency Rank
2,847 of 84,292