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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 乘坐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乘坐 chéng zuò - to ride (in a vehicle)

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
4 5 5,750 5,268 8,234

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chéng- surname Cheng
chéng- to ride
- to mount
- to make use of
- to avail oneself of
- to take advantage of
- to multiply (math.)
- Buddhist sect or creed
shèng- (archaic) four horse military chariot
- (archaic) four
- generic term for history books
chéng- old variant of 乘[cheng2]
zuò- surname Zuo
zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]

Other Words Containing 乘坐

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
乘坐 4 5 5,750 5,268 8,234