乘 chéng
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verb
to mount; to climb onto
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 登 or 升 (Guoyu '乘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '乘' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52) -
verb
to multiply
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: As in 乘法 multiplication (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 3; Guoyu '乘' v 6) -
measure word
measure word for chariots
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 1; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52) -
noun
a vehicle; a chariot; a carriage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: zyingH (ABC 'shèng' 乘 bf; Kroll 2015 '乘 shèng' 1, p. 48; GHDC '乘' shèng 1) -
verb
to ride
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 搭坐 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 1; Guoyu '乘' v 3; Kroll 2015 '乘' 2, p. 48) -
verb
to make use of; to take advantage of; to comply with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 趁 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 2; Guoyu '乘' v 4; Kroll 2015 '乘' 3, p. 48) -
verb
to prevail
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 战胜 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 4, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 7). -
verb
to pursue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 追逐 (GHDC 2007 '乘' 6; Guoyu '乘' v 5; Kroll 2015 '乘' 5, p. 48) -
verb
to calculate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 计算 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 6, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 9). -
noun
a four horse team
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52) -
noun
to drive; to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 驾驭 (Guoyu '乘' v 2) -
proper noun
Cheng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' n 2) -
noun
historical records
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example 史乘 Book of History (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 2; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52) -
noun
vehicle; a school of teaching; yana
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: yāna, Pali: yāna, Japanese: jō, Tibetan: theg pa; 乘 is a teaching or vehicle for arriving at knowledge, such as the 大乘 mahāyāna 'great vehicle' (BCSD '乘', p. 76; BL 'yāna', p. 1020; Edgerton 1953 'yāna', p. 446; Guoyu '乘' shèng n 3; Kroll 2015 '乘 shèng' 2, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52; MW 'yāna'; SH '乘'', p. 320) -
adjective
mounted; ārūḍha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ārūḍha (BCSD '乘', p. 76; MW 'ārūḍha')
Contained in
- 大乘百法明门论解(大乘百法明門論解) Explanation of Mahāyānaśatadharmaprakāśamukhaśāstra
- 谓三乘及秘密乘(謂三乘及祕密乘) It can be said that there are the Three Vehicles and also an Esoteric Vehicle.
- 大乘瑜伽金刚性海曼殊室利千臂千钵大教王经(大乘瑜伽金剛性海曼殊室利千臂千鉢大教王經) Ocean of the Adamantine Nature of Mahāyāna Yoga, Being the Scripture of the Great King of Teachings of Mañjuśrī of a Thousand Arms and a Thousand Bowls; Dasheng Yujia Jingang Xing Hai Manshushili Qian Bi Qian Bo Da Jiao Wang Jing
- 普为乘教宗(普為乘教宗) Faxiang School; Ci'en School; Dharmalaksana School
- 大乘金刚髻珠菩萨修行分(大乘金剛髻珠菩薩修行分) Mahayana Vajra Cudamani Bodhisattva Cultivation; Dasheng Jingang Jizhu Pusa Xiuxing Fen
- 超乘致远(超乘致遠) They harness it to their conveyances and make very long journeys.
- 大乘方等要慧经(大乘方等要慧經) Maitreyaparipṛcchādharmāṣṭa (Dasheng Fangdeng Yao Hui Jing)
- 大乘菩萨藏正法经(大乘菩薩藏正法經) Bodhisattva Teachings; Dasheng Pusa Cang Zhengfa Jing
- 小乘经(小乘經) Agamas
- 大乘修行菩萨行门诸经要集(大乘修行菩薩行門諸經要集) Dasheng Xiuxing Pusa Xing Men Zhu Jing Yao Ji
- 佛说大乘庄严宝王经(佛說大乘莊嚴寶王經) Avalokiteśvaraguṇakāraṇḍavyūhasūtra; Fo Shuo Dacheng Zhuangyan Bao Wang Jing
- 证契大乘经(證契大乘經) Mahāyānābhisamaya; Zheng Qi Dasheng Jing
- 小乘迷学(小乘迷學) fervent student of Hīnayāna
- 大乘庄严经论(大乘莊嚴經論) Mahāyānasūtralāṃkāraśāstra; The Adornment of Mahāyāna sūtras
- 大乘阿毘昙(大乘阿毘曇) Abhidharma
- 佛说大乘造像功德经(佛說大乘造像功德經) Tathāgatapratibimbapratiṣṭhānuśaṃsā; Fo Shuo Dasheng Zaoxiang Gongde Jing
- 外域诸国或偏执小乘(外域諸國或偏執小乘) in foreign lands, some have a preference for the Hīnayāna.
- 佛乘 Buddha vehicle; buddhayāna
- 摄大乘论释(攝大乘論釋) Mahāyānasaṅgrāhabhāṣya; She Dacheng Lun Shi; The Explanation of the Treatise on the Summary of Mahayana Doctrine ; Mahāyānasaṅgrahabhāṣya; She Dacheng Lun Shi ; Mahāyānasaṅgrahopanibandhana; She Dacheng Lun Shi
- 大乘四法经(大乘四法經) Caturdharmakasūtra; Dasheng Si Fa Jing ; Catuṣkanirhārasūtra; Dasheng Si Fa Jing
- 大乘日子王所问经(大乘日子王所問經) Udayanavatsarājaparipṛcchānāmaparivarta (Dasheng Rizi Wang Suo Wen Jing)
- 小乘佛教 Hīnayāna
- 一切如来眞实摄大乘现证三昧大敎王经(一切如來眞實攝大乘現證三昧大敎王經) Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha; Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas
- 大小乘 Greater or Lesser Vehicles ; Mahāyāna and Theravāda
- 小乘戒 Hīnayāna precepts
- 一乘海 ocean-like one vehicle teaching
- 声闻乘(聲聞乘) Sravaka Vehicle; Sravakayāna
- 独觉乘(獨覺乘) Pratyekabuddha vehicle
- 大乘戒经(大乘戒經) Dasheng Jie Jing
- 大乘随转宣说诸法经(大乘隨轉宣說諸法經) Dasheng Sui Zhuan Xuanshuo Zhu Fa Jing
- 大乘法苑义林章(大乘法苑義林章) Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang
- 五乘 five vehicles
- 华严一乘成佛妙义(華嚴一乘成佛妙義) Huayan Yi Cheng Cheng Fo Miao Yi
- 辟支佛乘 Pratyekabuddha vehicle
- 大乘義章(大乘义章) Compendium of the Great Purport of the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Yi Zhang
- 大乘伽耶山顶经(大乘伽耶山頂經) The Mahayana Sutra Taught on Gaya Mountain; Dasheng Jia Ye Shanding Jing
- 华严一乘十玄门(華嚴一乘十玄門) Huayan Yi Cheng Shi Xuan Men
- 一切如来真实摄大乘现证三昧大教王经(一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經) Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha; Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas
Also contained in
前人栽树，后人乘凉 、 乘客 、 包乘 、 乘人之危 、 空乘 、 乘凉 、 乘鹤驾云 、 乘虚 、 伍员乘潮 、 乘槎 、 搭乘 、 骑乘 、 乘胜
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 4 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 165
- Scroll 5 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 133 , has English translation
- Scroll 21 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 105 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fa Hua You Yi 法華遊意 — count: 99
- Scroll 1 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 95
- Scroll 2 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 88
- Scroll 1 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 85
- Scroll 1 Niyatāniyatagatimudrāvatārasūtra (Bubi Ding Dingzhi Ru Yin Jing) 不必定入定入印經 — count: 79
- Scroll 23 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 76 , has English translation
- Scroll 16 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 75
Collocations
- 车乘 (車乘) 車乘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 26
- 乘宝车 (乘寶車) 太子即乘寶車詣彼園觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 25
- 驾乘 (駕乘) 彼諸大仙頗駕乘寶車 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 23
- 种种乘 (種種乘) 莊嚴種種乘騎 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 16
- 乘种种 (乘種種) 乘種種乘 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 12
- 好乘 (好乘) 被好乘具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
- 乘骑 (乘騎) 乘騎二千 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 王乘 (王乘) 頰鞞王乘好車已 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
- 乘王 (乘王) 即乘王威嚴車五百乘 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 中有乘 (中有乘) 中有乘舫舡者 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5