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乘 chéng

chéng 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)
chéng 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)
shèng measure word measure word for chariots
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 1; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
shèng 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)
chéng 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)
chéng 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)
chéng 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).
chéng 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)
chéng 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).
chéng noun a four horse team
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
chéng noun to drive; to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 驾驭 (Guoyu '乘' v 2)
chéng proper noun Cheng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' n 2)
shèng 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)
shèng 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)
chéng adjective mounted; ārūḍha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ārūḍha (BCSD '乘', p. 76; MW 'ārūḍha')

Contained in

大乘起信论疏(大乘起信論疏) A Commentary on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Taesung Kisin Non So
佛说大乘随转宣说诸法经(佛說大乘隨轉宣說諸法經) Fo Shuo Dasheng Sui Zhuan Xuanshuo Zhu Fa Jing
大乘佛教时期(大乘佛教時期) period of mahayana Buddhism
此乘功德满(此乘功德滿) this vehicle is filled with merit
外道问圣大乘法无我义经(外道問聖大乘法無我義經) Nairātmyaparipṛcchānirdeśa; Wai Dao Wen Sheng Dasheng Fa Wuwo Yi Jing
云何为大乘？(云何為大乘？) what is the Great Vehicle?
贤乘(賢乘) Bhadrayānika
达磨一乘戒(達磨一乘戒) Bodhidharma One Vehicle precepts
一乘 ekayāna; one vehicle
大乘流转诸有经(大乘流轉諸有經) Bhavasaṅkrāntisūtra; Dasheng Liuzhuan Zhu You Jing
一乘显性教(一乘顯性教) the revealed nature teachings of the One Vehicle
大乘修多罗(大乘修多羅) Mahayana sutra
上乘 first-class; best quality; first rate ; four horses and a carriage ; superior vehicle ; Mahāyāna; Great Vehicle
大乘起信论(大乘起信論) Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun
大乘方便会(大乘方便會) Upāyakauśalyajñānottarabodhisattvaparipṛcchā; Dasheng Fangbian Hui
大乘密严经(大乘密嚴經) Ghanavyūhasūtra; Dasheng Mi Yan Jing ; Ghanavyūhasūtra; Dasheng Mi Yan Jing
小乘佛法 Hinayana; Hīnayāna
大乘大方广佛冠经(大乘大方廣佛冠經) Buddhamakuṭasūtra; Dasheng Dafangguang Fo Guan Jing
小乘戒 Hīnayāna precepts
佛为娑伽罗龙王所说大乘经(佛為娑伽羅龍王所說大乘經) sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā; Fo Wei Suo Jia Luo Long Wang Suo Shuo Dasheng Jing
普为乘教宗(普為乘教宗) Faxiang School; Ci'en School; Dharmalaksana School
大乘空宗 emptiness schools in Mahāyāna Buddhism
大乘二十颂论(大乘二十頌論) Mahāyānavimśaka; Dasheng Ershi Song Lun
大乘广五蕴论(大乘廣五蘊論) Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇavaibhāṣya; Dasheng Guang Wu Yun Lun
摄大乘论释论(攝大乘論釋論) Mahāyānasaṅgrahabhāṣya; She Dacheng Lun Shi Lun
一向大乘寺 A wholly Mahāyāna monastery
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
大乘小乘 Mahayana and Hinayana
人天乘 human and heavenly vehicles
法乘义决定经(法乘義決定經) Fa Cheng Yi Jueding Jing
大乘 Mahayana ; Mahayana Buddhism; Mahāyāna; Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Mahayana; Great Vehicle
大乘日子王所问经(大乘日子王所問經) Udayanavatsarājaparipṛcchānāmaparivarta (Dasheng Rizi Wang Suo Wen Jing)
大乘悲分陀利经(大乘悲分陀利經) Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing; Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra
华严一乘教义分齐章(華嚴一乘教義分齊章) Huayan One Vehicle Classification of the Teachings; Huayan Yi Cheng Jiaoyi Fen Qi Zhang
大乘百法明门论(大乘百法明門論) Mahayana Hundred Dharmas Introduction Treatise; Mahāyānaśatadharmaprakāśamukhaśāstra
佛说大乘大方广佛冠经(佛說大乘大方廣佛冠經) Buddhamakuṭasūtra; Fo Shuo Dasheng Dafangguang Fo Guan Jing
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.

Also contained in

乘便、乘火打劫、乘鹤驾云、乘务、前人栽树，后人乘凉、乘驾、有机可乘、乘用车、晋之乘、超乘、包乘制、乘时、百乘王朝、乘潮

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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
乘具 (乘具) 被好乘具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
五百乘 (五百乘) 即乘王威嚴車五百乘 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
令乘 (令乘) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5