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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 乘

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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 - (archaic) four horse military chariot
- (archaic) four
- generic term for history books
乘 chéng - old variant of 乘[cheng2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,691 3,274 4,644

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿻ 禾 北

Radical:

丿

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Two feet 北 climbing a beanstalk 禾

Other Words Containing 乘

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
乘 5 5 2,691 3,274 4,644
乘客 - 5 3,436 3,140 5,877
乘坐 4 5 5,750 5,268 8,234
搭乘 - 8 9,761 14,543 19,991
乘车 - 5 14,137 8,994 11,527
乘务员 6 - 15,111 21,924 16,922
乘船 - - 18,727 30,189 43,810
换乘 - - 28,561 17,844 18,957
有机可乘 - - 28,856 46,287 49,840
乘机 - - 29,034 14,828 29,343
上乘 - - 29,675 20,951 23,571
乘虚而入 - - 30,320 46,649 58,845
乘法表 - - 34,894 - -
乘法 - - 35,180 37,216 29,641
乘警 - - 36,183 29,187 54,939
乘务 - - 38,063 35,673 41,614
乘风破浪 - - 38,776 50,187 43,374
可乘之机 - 9 40,999 28,872 46,016
乘凉 - - 44,620 38,667 42,181
乘积 - - 47,059 49,194 78,098
相乘 - - 58,207 66,388 69,662
乘除 - - 66,754 71,763 42,327
乘人之危 - 9 71,536 72,368 56,369
乘隙 - - 92,889 78,577 -
乘数 - - 97,161 47,125 81,841
乘号 - - 98,843 - 74,132