HSK 6 · Transport

乘 chéng “to ride” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 乘 means

  1. to ride
  2. to take (transport)
  3. to multiply
  4. to mount
  5. to make use of
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to avail oneself of
  • to take advantage of
  • to multiply (maths.)

How to say 乘

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale乘chéng2nd tone, rising

乘 in a sentence

  1. 在北京乘地铁很便宜。

    Zài Běijīng chéng dìtiě hěn piányi.

    Taking the subway in Beijing is cheap.

    Sentence #1746076 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我乘电梯上三楼。

    Wǒ chéng diàntī shàng sān lóu.

    I took the lift up to the third floor.

    Sentence #5624945 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 五乘二等于十。

    Wǔ chéng èr děngyú shí.

    Five times two equals ten.

    Sentence #4289997 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 乘 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 乘 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
乘chéngto ride
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 北north · běi

How to write 乘

乘 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

乘 (chéng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 乘 (chéng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 乘

Words with 乘

乘坐chéngzuò · to ride (in a vehicle)

More words: Everyday Things

时差shíchā · time difference行人xíngrén · pedestrian长途chángtú · long distance舱cāng · cabin (of a ship or plane)船舶chuánbó · ships穿越chuānyuè · to pass through导航dǎoháng · navigation登陆dēnglù · to land

FAQs

乘 (chéng) means “to ride” or “to take (transport)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéng: chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 乘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乘 from the suggestions. Typing cheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乘 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.