| 乘 | chéng | to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (mathematics); Buddhist sect or creed; surname Cheng |
| 乘积 | chéng jī | product (result of multiplication) |
| 乘法 | chéng fǎ | multiplication |
| 乘机 | chéng jī | to seize the chance; opportunistic |
| 乘数 | chéng shù | multiplier |
| 相乘 | xiāng chéng | to multiply (math.); multiplication |
| 乘客 | chéng kè | passenger |
| 乘胜 | chéng shèng | to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy |
| 乘方 | chéng fāng | to square a number; to calculate the square |
| 乘除 | chéng chú | to multiply and divide |
| 乘风破浪 | chéng fēng pò làng | to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions |
| 乘号 | chéng hào | multiplication sign (math.) |
| 乘务员 | chéng wù yuán | attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
| 乘人不备 | chéng rén bù bèi | to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise |
| 乘人之危 | chéng rén zhī wēi | to take advantage of sb's precarious position |
| 乘便 | chéng biàn | at your convenience |
| 乘幂 | chéng mì | the power of a number (square, cube etc); to exponentiate (math.) |
| 乘胜追击 | chéng shèng zhuī jī | to follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy |
| 乘势 | chéng shì | to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot |
| 乘坐 | chéng zuò | to ride (in a vehicle) |
| 乘坚策肥 | chéng jiān cè féi | to live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses |
| 乘法表 | chéng fǎ biǎo | multiplication table |
| 乘法逆 | chéng fǎ nì | multiplicative inverse (math.) |
| 乘凉 | chéng liáng | to cool off in the shade |
| 乘火打劫 | chéng huǒ dǎ jié | to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot |
| 乘兴 | chéng xìng | while in high spirits; feeling upbeat; on an impulse |
| 乘船 | chéng chuán | to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry |
| 乘虚 | chéng xū | to take advantage of weakness |
| 乘虚而入 | chéng xū ér rù | to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
| 乘警 | chéng jǐng | police on trains; train marshal |
| 乘车 | chéng chē | to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor |
| 乘隙 | chéng xì | to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole) |
| 乘风 | chéng fēng | to ride the wind; to use a fair wind; to take an opportunity |
| 乘鹤 | chéng hè | to fly on a crane; to die |
| 乘龙 | chéng lóng | to ride the dragon; to die (of emperors and kings) |
| 乘龙快婿 | chéng lóng kuài xù | ideal son-in-law |
| 九九乘法表 | jiǔ jiǔ chéng fǎ biǎo | multiplication table |
| 共乘 | gòng chéng | to ride together; to carpool |
前人栽树，
后人乘凉 | qián rén zāi shù ,
hòu rén chéng liáng | to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom) |
| 加减乘除 | jiā jiǎn chéng chú | four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division |
| 包乘 | bāo chéng | to charter (a car, ship, plane) |
| 包乘制 | bāo chéng zhì | chartering system |
| 包乘组 | bāo chéng zǔ | chartering charge |
| 因利乘便 | yīn lì chéng biàn | (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method |
| 大乘 | dà chéng | Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond |
| 女乘务员 | nǚ chéng wù yuán | stewardess; female flight attendant |
| 小乘 | xiǎo chéng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras |
| 换乘 | huàn chéng | to change train (plane, bus etc); transfer between modes of transport |
| 搭乘 | dā chéng | to embark |
| 最小二乘 | zuì xiǎo èr chéng | least square (estimate) |
