乘 chéng
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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
- 示以三乘 explain the three vehicles
- 大乘空宗 emptiness schools in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- 大乘观想曼拏罗净诸恶趣经(大乘觀想曼拏羅淨諸惡趣經) Dasheng Guan Xiang Man Na Luo Jing Zhu E Qu Jing; Mahayana Visualized Mandala for Purification of Evil Destinies Sutra
- 大乘智印经(大乘智印經) Dasheng Zhi Yin Jing
- 是以三乘立轨随机而发(是以三乘立軌隨機而發) Therefore, conventions are established by the three vehicles to respond according to circumstances.
- 佛说大乘圣无量寿决定光明王如来陀罗尼经(佛說大乘聖無量壽決定光明王如來陀羅尼經) Aparimitāyurdhāraṇī; Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Wuliang Shou Jueding Guangming Wang Rulai Tuoluoni Jing
- 大乘无量寿庄严经(大乘無量壽莊嚴經) Sukhāvatīvyūha; Dasheng Wuliang Shou Zhangyan Jing
- 巨力长者所问大乘经(巨力長者所問大乘經) Ju Li Zhangzhe Suo Wen Dasheng Jing
- 金刚顶经金刚界大道场毘卢遮那如来自受用身内证智眷属法身异名佛最上乘秘密三摩地礼忏文(金剛頂經金剛界大道場毘盧遮那如來自受用身內證智眷屬法身異名佛最上乘祕密三摩地禮懺文) Vajra Crown Tantra Vajradhatu Bodhimanda Vairocana Tathagata Sambhogakaya Inner Realization Wisdom Dharma Body, also known as the Supreme Buddha Vehicle Esoteric Liturgy
- 护国尊者所问大乘经(護國尊者所問大乘經) The Question of Rāstrapāla; Hu Guo Zunzhe Suo Wen Dasheng Jing
- 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
- 佛说妙吉祥菩萨所问大乘法螺经(佛說妙吉祥菩薩所問大乘法螺經) Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā; Fo Shuo Miao Jixiang Pusa Suo Wen Dasheng Faluo Jing
- 大乘二十颂论(大乘二十頌論) Mahāyānavimśaka; Dasheng Ershi Song Lun
- 大乘同性经(大乘同性經) Mahāyānābhisamaya; Dasheng Tong Xing Jing
- 人天乘 human and heavenly vehicles
- 大乘经藏秘密部(大乘經藏秘密部) Esoteric Section of the Mahāyāna Collection of Scriptures
- 无相大乘宗(無相大乘宗) Madhyamaka; Sanlun School; Three Sastra School
- 华严一乘成佛妙义(華嚴一乘成佛妙義) Huayan Yi Cheng Cheng Fo Miao Yi
- 大乘大集经(大乘大集經) Tathāgataśrīsamaya; Dasheng Daji Jing
- 第一乘 Mahāyāna; Mahayana; the Great Vehicle
- 大乘显识经(大乘顯識經) Dasheng Xian Shi Jing
- 大乘阿毘昙(大乘阿毘曇) Abhidharma
- 声闻乘者(聲聞乘者) Śrāvaka
- 大乘宝要义论(大乘寶要義論) Sūtrasamuccaya; Dasheng Bao Yaoyi Lun
- 一乘经(一乘經) the one-vehicle sutra
- 大乘入藏录(大乘入藏錄) Catalog of Mahayana Scriptures
- 小乘迷学(小乘迷學) fervent student of Hīnayāna
- 慈氏菩萨所说大乘缘生稻卄干喻经(慈氏菩薩所說大乘緣生稻卄幹喻經) Śālistambhakasūtra; Cishi Pusa Suo Shuo Dasheng Yuan Sheng Dao Nian Gan Yu Jing
- 胜乘(勝乘) Mahāyāna; Mahayana; the Great Vehicle
- 别教一乘(別教一乘) differentiating vehicle
- 法乘义决定经(法乘義決定經) Fa Cheng Yi Jueding Jing
- 小乘论(小乘論) Abhidhamma
- 如来不思议祕密大乘经(如來不思議祕密大乘經) The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Inconceivable Secrets of the Tathāgata; Rulai Bu Siyi Mimi Dasheng Jing
- 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
- 南宗顿教最上大乘摩诃般若波罗蜜经六祖惠能大师于韶州大梵寺施法坛经(南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經) The Southern School Sudden Teaching Mahāyāna Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines Sixth Patriarch Huineng Platform Sutra
- 最上乘论(最上乘論) Zuishang Cheng Lun
Also contained in
乘方 、 乘兴 、 乘云 、 枚乘 、 乘时 、 乘船 、 乘虚而入 、 共乘 、 无间可乘 、 大树底下好乘凉 、 加减乘除 、 晋之乘 、 乘龙快婿 、 乘客 、 乘象入胎
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: 132 , 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: 77 , 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
- 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
- 乘乏 (乘乏) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
- 乘象 (乘象) 乘象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 5
- 令乘 (令乘) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
- 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
- 乘具 (乘具) 被好乘具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5