乘 | chéng | to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (mathematics); Buddhist sect or creed; surname Cheng |
乘积 | chéng jī | product (result of multiplication) |
乘法 | chéng fǎ | multiplication |
乘机 | chéng jī | to seize the chance; opportunistic |
乘数 | chéng shù | multiplier |
相乘 | xiāng chéng | to multiply (math.); multiplication |
乘客 | chéng kè | passenger |
乘胜 | chéng shèng | to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy |
乘方 | chéng fāng | to square a number; to calculate the square |
乘除 | chéng chú | to multiply and divide |
乘风破浪 | chéng fēng pò làng | to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions |
乘号 | chéng hào | multiplication sign (math.) |
乘务员 | chéng wù yuán | attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
乘人不备 | chéng rén bù bèi | to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise |
乘人之危 | chéng rén zhī wēi | to take advantage of sb's precarious position |
乘便 | chéng biàn | at your convenience |
乘幂 | chéng mì | the power of a number (square, cube etc); to exponentiate (math.) |
乘胜追击 | chéng shèng zhuī jī | to follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy |
乘势 | chéng shì | to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot |
乘坐 | chéng zuò | to ride (in a vehicle) |
乘坚策肥 | chéng jiān cè féi | to live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses |
乘法表 | chéng fǎ biǎo | multiplication table |
乘法逆 | chéng fǎ nì | multiplicative inverse (math.) |
乘凉 | chéng liáng | to cool off in the shade |
乘火打劫 | chéng huǒ dǎ jié | to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot |
乘兴 | chéng xìng | while in high spirits; feeling upbeat; on an impulse |
乘船 | chéng chuán | to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry |
乘虚 | chéng xū | to take advantage of weakness |
乘虚而入 | chéng xū ér rù | to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
乘警 | chéng jǐng | police on trains; train marshal |
乘车 | chéng chē | to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor |
乘隙 | chéng xì | to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole) |
乘风 | chéng fēng | to ride the wind; to use a fair wind; to take an opportunity |
乘鹤 | chéng hè | to fly on a crane; to die |
乘龙 | chéng lóng | to ride the dragon; to die (of emperors and kings) |
乘龙快婿 | chéng lóng kuài xù | ideal son-in-law |
九九乘法表 | jiǔ jiǔ chéng fǎ biǎo | multiplication table |
共乘 | gòng chéng | to ride together; to carpool |
前人栽树, 后人乘凉 | qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng | to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom) |
加减乘除 | jiā jiǎn chéng chú | four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division |
包乘 | bāo chéng | to charter (a car, ship, plane) |
包乘制 | bāo chéng zhì | chartering system |
包乘组 | bāo chéng zǔ | chartering charge |
因利乘便 | yīn lì chéng biàn | (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method |
大乘 | dà chéng | Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond |
女乘务员 | nǚ chéng wù yuán | stewardess; female flight attendant |
小乘 | xiǎo chéng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras |
换乘 | huàn chéng | to change train (plane, bus etc); transfer between modes of transport |
搭乘 | dā chéng | to embark |
最小二乘 | zuì xiǎo èr chéng | least square (estimate) |