HSK 6 HSK C5/V5
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乘

/ chéng / 
Strokes

Collocation

1
乘机
2
乘车
3
乘船
4
乘电梯
5
乘飞机
6
乘胜直追
7
乘机溜走
8
乘机逃跑

Definition

乘 is a Verb, which means[ to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage of/to multiply (math.)/Buddhist sect or creed].

Example

As a Verb.
1
Wǒmen
我们
zhǔnbèi
准备
chéng
乘
fēijī
飞机
qù
去
shànghǎi
上海
  
。

We are ready to fly to Shanghai.

2
Tā
他
měitiān
每天
chéng
乘
gōnggòng
公共
qìchē
汽车
qù
去
shàngbān
上班
  
。

He took the bus to work every day.

3
Chéng
乘
huǒchē
火车
qù
去
shànghǎi
上海
yào
要
duō
多
cháng
长
shíjiān
时间
  
?

How long does it take to get to Shanghai by train?

乘 is a Verb, which means[ to take advantage of/to multiply (math.)].
4
Tāmen
他们
chéngshèng
乘胜
zhí
直
duī
追
  
,
yīzhí
一直
dǎ
打
dào
到
99
99
bǐ
比
72
72
jiéshù
结束
le
了
zhè
这
cháng
场
bǐsài
比赛
  
。

They took advantage of the victory and chased until they finished the match 99-72.

5
Tā
他
jiàn
见
dàjiā
大家
bù
不
zhùyì
注意
jiù
就
chéngjī
乘机
liūzǒu
溜走
le
了
  
。

Seeing that everyone was not paying attention, he took the opportunity to slip away.