chéng

  1. chéng verb to bear; to carry; to hold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 1)
  2. chéng verb to succeed; to continue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 继承 (Kroll 2015 '承' 3; Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 5; Unihan '承').
  3. chéng verb to accept; to receive; to inherit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 1; Mathews 1931 '承', p. 50; NCCED '承' 6; Unihan '承')
  4. chéng verb to flatter; to honor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 奉承 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  5. chéng verb to undertake; to assume
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 承担 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51; NCCED '承' 3).
  6. chéng verb to act on orders; to perform; to carry out
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 秉承 (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  7. chéng verb to confess
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 承 has the same meaning as 招认; for example, 承招 to confess to a crime (Mathews 1931 '承', p. 51)
  8. chéng verb to attend; to assist; to aid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 丞 or with the same meaning as 侍奉 (Kroll 2015 '承' 7).
  9. chéng verb to acknowledge; to assent to; to acquiesce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 2)
  10. chéng verb to obstruct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 4)
  11. chéng verb to hear it said that
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 5)
  12. chéng adverb previously
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '承' 6)
  13. chéng noun bearer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A part to take load (NCCED '承' 2)
  14. chéng verb to be indebted to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '承' 4)
  15. chéng adjective appointed; adhiṣṭhita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhiṣṭhita, Japanese: jō, or: shō (BCSD '承', p. 540; DJBT '承', p. 425; MW 'adhiṣṭhita'; SH '承', p. 260)
  16. chéng adjective supported; dhārita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhārita (BCSD '承', p. 540; MW 'dhārita'; SH '承', p. 260)

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  • Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 33
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 31
  • Scroll 1 Sūtra on the Mute Boy (Wuyan Tongzi Jing) 佛說無言童子經 — count: 28
  • Scroll 1 Li Dai Fabao Ji 曆代法寶記 — count: 27 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 26
  • Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 24
  • Scroll 20 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 22
  • Scroll 2 Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄 — count: 20
  • Scroll 28 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 19 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 19

Collocations

  • 承佛 (承佛) 阿難承佛意旨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 27
  • 承佛教 (承佛教) 諸清信士即承佛教 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 12
  • 承命 (承命) 我等承命未起本座 — The Sage of Men Sutra (Ren Xian Jing) 人仙經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 承用 (承用) 必不承用 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 承迎 (承迎) 前起承迎 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 阿难承 (阿難承) 阿難承佛意旨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 遵承 (遵承) 遵承佛教 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 起承 (起承) 前起承迎 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 承椽 (承椽) 彼一切皆依承椽梁立 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 4
  • 承天 (承天) 承天則地 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4