chéng
to ride on; avail oneself of to multiply
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我乘飞机去北京。
wǒ chéng fēijī qù běijīng.
I take a plane to Beijing.
他乘火车去上海。
tā chéng huǒchē qù shànghǎi.
He takes a train to Shanghai.
我们乘汽车去广州。
wǒmen chéng qìchē qù guǎngzhōu.
We take a bus to Guangzhou.
搭 (dā)
to ride
坐 (zuò)
to sit
减 (jiǎn)
subtract
除 (chú)
divide
The Chinese character 乘 (chéng) is composed of two parts: 车 (chē) and 乘 (shèng). 车 originally meant "vehicle", while 乘 meant "to ride" or "to mount". When combined, 乘 took on the meaning of "to ride in a vehicle".The character 乘 has been used in Chinese for thousands of years. It is found in many ancient texts, including the Book of Songs and the Analects of Confucius. In modern Chinese, 乘 is still used in its original sense of "to ride in a vehicle". It can also be used figuratively to mean "to take advantage of" or "to seize an opportunity".The character 乘 is pronounced chéng in Mandarin Chinese. It is a third tone character.
