Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
乘
chéng
Description
"乘"最常用来说坐车、坐船或者坐飞机。
"乘" is most commonly used to mean taking a car, boat, or airplane.
在数学里，"乘"也表示把两个数相乘。
In mathematics, "乘" also means to multiply two numbers.
Meanings
乘chéng
to ride; to take (a vehicle)
我每天乘公交车上班。
I take the bus to work every day.
乘chéng
to multiply (in math)
三乘五等于十五。
Three times five equals fifteen.
乘chéng
to take advantage of (an opportunity)
他乘机走进了房间。
He took the opportunity to enter the room.
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Notes
- Nuance
乘 is more formal than 坐 for taking transport; 坐 is common in speech.
- Etymology
original meaning 'to mount/ride', later extended to multiplication and seizing chances.
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