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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 5
passenger
HSK 5
to ride (in a car or carriage) / to drive / to motor
HSK 5
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
surname Cheng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
multiplication
to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise
to ride as a passenger / to travel by (car, plane etc)
HSK 7-9
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
multiplication table
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
to take advantage of sb's misfortune / to loot
multiplication table
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
(math.) multiplied with
(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
HSK 7-9
least squares (math.)
first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4]
to multiply and divide
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
HSK 7-9
to ride as a passenger (in a car, boat, plane etc)
to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
chartering charge
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
to ride together / to carpool
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
flight attendant / on-board service
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
to ride the wind / to use a fair wind / to take an opportunity
service (on a train, a plane etc)
to take advantage of weakness
to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
multiplier
product (result of multiplication)
ideal son-in-law
at your convenience
to take the opportunity / to take a plane
police on trains / train marshal
(math.) cross product (of two vectors)
multiplicand
passenger vehicle
multiplication sign (math.)
chartering system
to charter (a car, ship, plane)
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
while in high spirits / feeling upbeat / on an impulse
to ride the dragon / to die (of emperors and kings)
to fly on a crane / to die
to multiply (math.) / multiplication
to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)
(idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
test drive
to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)
crew (on board a spacecraft)
(math.) dot product (of two vectors)
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
to wait for a train or bus
multiplicative inverse (math.)
stewardess / female flight attendant
to drive (a car) / to fly (an aircraft) / to pilot (a boat)
to seize an opportunity / to exploit (a loophole)
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
(math.) to multiply (a number) by itself; to raise (a number) to a power; (esp.) to square (a number)
Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *椉* | 椉* | *椉
old variant of
HSK 5


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