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乘 chéng

chéng verb to mount; to climb onto
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 登 or 升 (Guoyu '乘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '乘' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
chéng verb to multiply
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: As in 乘法 multiplication (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 3; Guoyu '乘' v 6)
shèng measure word measure word for chariots
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 1; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
shèng noun a vehicle; a chariot; a carriage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: zyingH (ABC 'shèng' 乘 bf; Kroll 2015 '乘 shèng' 1, p. 48; GHDC '乘' shèng 1)
chéng verb to ride
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 搭坐 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 1; Guoyu '乘' v 3; Kroll 2015 '乘' 2, p. 48)
chéng verb to make use of; to take advantage of; to comply with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 趁 (ABC 'chéng' 乘 v 2; Guoyu '乘' v 4; Kroll 2015 '乘' 3, p. 48)
chéng verb to prevail
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 战胜 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 4, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 7).
chéng verb to pursue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 追逐 (GHDC 2007 '乘' 6; Guoyu '乘' v 5; Kroll 2015 '乘' 5, p. 48)
chéng verb to calculate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 乘 has the same meaning as 计算 (Kroll 2015 '乘' 6, p. 48; GHDC 2007 '乘' 9).
chéng noun a four horse team
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
chéng noun to drive; to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 驾驭 (Guoyu '乘' v 2)
chéng proper noun Cheng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '乘' n 2)
shèng noun historical records
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example 史乘 Book of History (Guoyu '乘' shèng n 2; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52)
shèng noun vehicle; a school of teaching; yana
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: yāna, Pali: yāna, Japanese: jō, Tibetan: theg pa; 乘 is a teaching or vehicle for arriving at knowledge, such as the 大乘 mahāyāna 'great vehicle' (BCSD '乘', p. 76; BL 'yāna', p. 1020; Edgerton 1953 'yāna', p. 446; Guoyu '乘' shèng n 3; Kroll 2015 '乘 shèng' 2, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '乘', p. 52; MW 'yāna'; SH '乘'', p. 320)
chéng adjective mounted; ārūḍha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ārūḍha (BCSD '乘', p. 76; MW 'ārūḍha')

Contained in

云何为大乘？(云何為大乘？) what is the Great Vehicle?
五乘佛法 five vehicles
佛说巨力长者所问大乘经(佛說巨力長者所問大乘經) Fo Shuo Ju Li Zhangzhe Suo Wen Dasheng Jing
欲显大乘有胜功德(欲顯大乘有勝功德) desiring to manifest the superb merit of Mahayana
大乘随转宣说诸法经(大乘隨轉宣說諸法經) Dasheng Sui Zhuan Xuanshuo Zhu Fa Jing
佛说大乘造像功德经(佛說大乘造像功德經) Tathāgatapratibimbapratiṣṭhānuśaṃsā; Fo Shuo Dasheng Zaoxiang Gongde Jing
大乘大方广佛冠经(大乘大方廣佛冠經) Buddhamakuṭasūtra; Dasheng Dafangguang Fo Guan Jing
究竟一乘宝性论(究竟一乘寶性論) Ratnagotravibhāga; Uttaratantra
普为乘教宗(普為乘教宗) Faxiang School; Ci'en School; Dharmalaksana School
大乘广五蕴论(大乘廣五蘊論) Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇavaibhāṣya; Dasheng Guang Wu Yun Lun
一乘家 the one-vehicle school
第一乘 Mahāyāna; Mahayana; the Great Vehicle
贤乘部(賢乘部) Bhadrayānīya
佛乘 Buddha vehicle; buddhayāna
十种如金刚大乘誓愿心(十種如金剛大乘誓願心) ten kinds of diamond like commitment to the Great Vehicle
金刚乘(金剛乘) Vajrayāna; Tantric Buddhism; Esoteric Buddhism
贤乘(賢乘) Bhadrayānika
大乘庄严宝王经(大乘莊嚴寶王經) The Mahayana Sublime Treasure King Sutra; Karandavyuha Sutra
小乘佛教 Hīnayāna
大乘显识经(大乘顯識經) Dasheng Xian Shi Jing
大乘方等要慧经(大乘方等要慧經) Maitreyaparipṛcchādharmāṣṭa (Dasheng Fangdeng Yao Hui Jing)
大乘起信论义记(大乘起信論義記) Notes on the Meaning of Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun Yi Ji
佛说大乘流转诸有经(佛說大乘流轉諸有經) Bhavasaṅkrāntisūtra; Fo Shuo Dasheng Liuzhuan Zhu You Jing
新发趣乘(新發趣乘) newly set forth in the vehicle
法乘义决定经(法乘義決定經) Fa Cheng Yi Jueding Jing
一乘圆顿戒(一乘圓頓戒) one vehicle perfect and sudden precepts
无相大乘宗(無相大乘宗) Madhyamaka; Sanlun School; Three Sastra School
佛说大乘圣吉祥持世陀罗尼经(佛說大乘聖吉祥持世陀羅尼經) Vasudhārādhāraṇisūtra; Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Jixiang Chi Shi Tuoluoni Jing
大乘圆顿戒(大乘圓頓戒) Mahayana perfect and sudden precepts
小乘佛法 Hinayana; Hīnayāna
法音清流―大乘佛教梵呗经典(法音清流―大乘佛教梵唄經典) Clear Sounds of Dharma - Mahayana Buddhist Hymns
大乘金刚髻珠菩萨修行分(大乘金剛髻珠菩薩修行分) Mahayana Vajra Cudamani Bodhisattva Cultivation; Dasheng Jingang Jizhu Pusa Xiuxing Fen
大乘理趣六波罗蜜多经(大乘理趣六波羅蜜多經) Sutra on the Mahayana Practice of the Six Perfections ; The sūtra on the Mahāyāna Practice of the Six Perfections
大乘起信论疏(大乘起信論疏) A Commentary on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Taesung Kisin Non So
最上乘论(最上乘論) Zuishang Cheng Lun
略辨大乘入道四行 Summary of Four Practices when Entering the Great Vehicle; Luebian Dacheng Rudao Sihang
大乘百福相经(大乘百福相經) Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā; Dasheng Bai Fu Xiang Jing
人乘 Human Vehicle
大乘入楞伽经(大乘入楞伽經) Laṅkāvatāra sūtra; Lankavatara Sutra; Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing
大乘中观释论(大乘中觀釋論) Dasheng Zhong Guan Shi Lun Di Juan Di Juan
大乘二十颂论(大乘二十頌論) Mahāyānavimśaka; Dasheng Ershi Song Lun

Also contained in

包乘组、包乘、乘龙快婿、乘除、枚乘、乘潮、试乘、九九乘法表、乘夜、乘人不备

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 4 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 165
Scroll 5 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 132 , has English translation
Scroll 21 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 105 , has English translation
Scroll 1 Fa Hua You Yi 法華遊意 — count: 99
Scroll 1 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 95
Scroll 2 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 88
Scroll 1 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 85
Scroll 1 Niyatāniyatagatimudrāvatārasūtra (Bubi Ding Dingzhi Ru Yin Jing) 不必定入定入印經 — count: 79
Scroll 23 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 76 , has English translation
Scroll 16 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 75

Collocations

车乘 (車乘) 車乘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 26
乘宝车 (乘寶車) 太子即乘寶車詣彼園觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 25
驾乘 (駕乘) 彼諸大仙頗駕乘寶車 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 23
种种乘 (種種乘) 莊嚴種種乘騎 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 16
乘种种 (乘種種) 乘種種乘 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 12
好乘 (好乘) 被好乘具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
乘骑 (乘騎) 乘騎二千 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
乘乏 (乘乏) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
令乘 (令乘) 莫令乘乏 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
乘具 (乘具) 被好乘具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5