HSK 4 · Verbs

乘坐 chéngzuò “to ride (in a vehicle)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 乘坐 means

  1. to ride (in a vehicle)
  2. to take (a ship, plane etc)
  3. to ride (in a train or other vehicle)

How to say 乘坐

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale乘chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale坐zuò4th tone, falling

乘坐 in a sentence

  1. 我的儿子每次乘坐公交车都会晕车。

    Wǒ de érzi měicì chéngzuò gōngjiāochē dōu huì yùnchē.

    My son gets carsick every time he takes the bus.

    Sentence #2393360 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在乘坐扶梯时，请握住扶手，并站在黄线内。

    Zài chéngzuò fútī shí, qǐng wòzhù fúshǒu, bìng zhàn zài huáng xiàn nèi.

    When riding the escalator, please hold the handrail and stand inside the yellow line.

    Sentence #4147243 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我喜欢乘坐火车。

    Wǒ xǐhuan chéngzuò huǒchē.

    I like travelling by train.

    Sentence #802009 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 乘坐 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
The character 坐 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
坐zuòto sit
  • 从from · cóng
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 乘坐

乘 10 strokes · 坐 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 乘坐

Words with 乘

乘chéng · to ride

Words with 坐

坐zuò · to sit

More words: Common Verbs

参观cānguān · to look around尝cháng · to taste超过chāoguò · to surpass成为chéngwéi · to become抽烟chōuyān · to smoke (a cigarette出生chūshēng · to be born传真chuánzhēn · fax出现chūxiàn · to appear

FAQs

乘坐 (chéngzuò) means “to ride (in a vehicle)” or “to take (a ship, plane etc)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it chéngzuò: chéng with a 2nd tone, then zuò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 乘坐 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengzuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乘坐 from the suggestions. Typing chengzuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乘坐 is an HSK 4 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.