乘 (sing4) — take a ride; ride in/on; go/travel by; board in Cantonese
singˎ₄乘Mandarin Pinyin: cheng2
Meaning of 乘
nountake a ride; ride in/on; go/travel by; board
nounmultiply; multiplication
nountake advantage of; avail oneself to
Example Sentences with 乘
乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。
The train conductor punched our tickets.
佢哋乘機啲暴亂搶嘢
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.
daap˗₃搭singˎ₄乘baaˉ¹巴siˊ²士heoi˗₃去
Take the bus to go.
keoiˏ₅佢daap˗₃搭singˎ₄乘dikˍ₆的siˊ²士
He takes a taxi.
ngoˏ₅我daap˗₃搭singˎ₄乘deiˍ₆地tit˗₃鐵
I take the MTR.
Words Containing 乘
有隙可乘jau5 kwik1 ho2 sing4
there is a crack to squeeze through; there is a loophole to exploit
乘獨木舟sing4 duk6 muk6 zau1
to ride a canoe
乘法sing4 faat3
multiplication
乘搭sing4 daap3
ride (also 搭乘)
小乘siu2 sing6
(Buddhism) the Hinaya ("Lesser Wheel") school
乘法表sing4 faat3 biu2
multiplication table [粵]: 乘數表
乘勝追擊sing4 sing3 zeoi1 gik1
take advantage of one's victory to pursue and attack one's enemy
乘方sing4 fong1
a power, involution
乘滑水板游戲sing4 waat6 seoi2 baan2 jau4 hei3
to aquaplane
乘用馬sing4 jung6 maa5
a mount
乘電梯sing4 din6 tai1
to take the lift (U.S.: elevator); to ride the lift | [粵]: 搭𨋢 | Syn.: 搭升降機; 搭電梯
乘飛機旅行sing4 fei1 gei1 leoi5 hang4
to ride on a plane
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