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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, 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; 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

佛说大乘圣吉祥持世陀罗尼经(佛說大乘聖吉祥持世陀羅尼經) Vasudhārādhāraṇisūtra; Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Jixiang Chi Shi Tuoluoni Jing
最上大乘金刚大教宝王经(最上大乘金剛大教寶王經) Vajragarbharatnarājatantra sūtra; Zuishang Dasheng Jingang Da Jiao Bao Wang 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
大乘起信论义疏(大乘起信論義疏) A Commentary on the Meaning of Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun Yishu
竺法乘 Zhu Facheng
大乘三聚忏悔经(大乘三聚懺悔經) Karmāvaraṇapratipraśrabdhi; Dasheng San Ju Chanhui Jing
大乘入道次第 Dasheng Ru Dao Cidi
法音清流―大乘佛教梵呗经典(法音清流―大乘佛教梵唄經典) Clear Sounds of Dharma - Mahayana Buddhist Hymns
胜乘(勝乘) Mahāyāna; Mahayana; the Great Vehicle
大乘入藏录(大乘入藏錄) Catalog of Mahayana Scriptures
金刚顶一切如来真实摄大乘现证大教王经(金剛頂一切如來真實攝大乘現證大教王經) Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha; Jingang Ding Yiqie Rulai Zhenshi She Dasheng Xian Zheng Da Jiao Wang Jing ; Sutra of the Correct Inclusion in the Great Vehicle of Present Awakening of all the Tathagatas of the Diamond Pinnacle, the Great King of Teachings
大乘十法经(大乘十法經) Mahayana Sutra on the Ten Dharmas; Dasheng Shi Fa Jing
大乘義章(大乘义章) Compendium of the Great Purport of the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Yi Zhang
大乘理趣六波罗密多经(大乘理趣六波羅密多經) The Sūtra on the Mahāyāna Practice of the Six Perfections
小乘戒 Hīnayāna precepts
大乘大义章(大乘大義章) Compendium of the Great Purport of the Mahāyāna
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
声闻乘(聲聞乘) Sravaka Vehicle; Śrāvakayāna; The Śrāvaka Vehicle
小乘修多罗(小乘修多羅) Hinayana sutras
大乘圣吉祥持世陀罗尼经(大乘聖吉祥持世陀羅尼經) Vasudhārādhāraṇisūtra; Dasheng Sheng Jixiang Chi Shi Tuoluoni Jing
注大乘入楞伽经(注大乘入楞伽經) Zhu Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing
佛说大乘戒经(佛說大乘戒經) Fo Shuo Dasheng Jie Jing
大乘缘生论(大乘緣生論) Dasheng Yuan Sheng Lun
大韩佛教大乘宗(大韓佛教大乘宗) Korean Buddhist Mhayana School
大乘阿毘昙(大乘阿毘曇) Abhidharma
一乘妙文 the one-vehicle scripture
妙吉祥菩萨所问大乘法螺经(妙吉祥菩薩所問大乘法螺經) Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā; Miao Jixiang Pusa Suo Wen Dasheng Faluo Jing
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
大乘经藏秘密部(大乘經藏秘密部) Esoteric Section of the Mahāyāna Collection of Scriptures
大乘大集经(大乘大集經) Tathāgataśrīsamaya; Dasheng Daji Jing
大乘止观法门(大乘止觀法門) The Mahāyāna Teaching on Calm and Insight
大乘庄严经论(大乘莊嚴經論) Mahāyānasūtralāṃkāraśāstra; The Adornment of Mahāyāna Sūtras
小乘论(小乘論) Abhidhamma
大乘百法明门论(大乘百法明門論) Mahayana Hundred Dharmas Introduction Treatise; Mahāyānaśatadharmaprakāśamukhaśāstra
大乘道 Mahāyāna path
摄大乘论本(攝大乘論本) Mahāyānasaṅgraha; She Dacheng Lun Ben
乘迦楼罗使者(乘迦樓羅使者) ride a garuda messenger
释迦文尼佛金刚一乘修行仪轨法品(釋迦文尼佛金剛一乘修行儀軌法品) Shijia Wen Ni Fo Jingang Yi Cheng Xiuxing Yi Gui Fa Pin; Sakyamuni Buddha Vajra One Vehicle Liturgy

Also contained in

乘除、共乘、乘空、千乘之国、乘务员、空乘、乘龙快婿、乘时、乘胜追击、乘幂、乘象入胎、空中乘务员、乘积

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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: 27
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
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
令乘 (令乘) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — 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
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