Chinese word

乘坐

Pronunciation

Pinyinchéng zuò

Meaning

  • verbtake

Example

我明天乘坐飞机去北京。wǒ míng tiān chéng zuò fēi jī qù běi jīng

I will take a plane to Beijing tomorrow.

Illustration for 乘坐 (take)

More examples

这次旅行我们将乘坐轮船环岛。zhè cì lǚ xíng wǒ men jiāng chéng zuò lún chuán huán dǎo

On this trip, we will take a ferry around the island.

Core concept

A traveler gets aboard a vehicle and moves with it to another place.

Common phrases

  • 乘坐飞机chéng zuò fēi jī

    take a plane

  • 乘坐轮船chéng zuò lún chuán

    take a ferry

  • 乘坐出租车chéng zuò chū zū chē

    take a taxi

Similar words

坐zuò: Go from one place to another by taking a vehicle in everyday speech.
乘chéng: Go from one place to another by taking a vehicle in somewhat literary writing.
上车shàng chē: Enter a vehicle as the first step of a journey.
上飞机shàng fēi jī: Enter an airplane as the first step of a flight.

Definition in Chinese

借助交通工具从一地到另一地，指上车、上船或登机并随交通工具行进的动作。jiè zhù jiāo tōng gōng jù cóng yí dì dào lìng yí dì zhǐ shàng chē shàng chuán huò dēng jī bìng suí jiāo tōng gōng jù xíng jìn de dòng zuò

Word origin

乘 (chéng, "ride") + 坐 (zuò, "sit") combines the ideas of boarding a vehicle and traveling in it, giving the modern verb for taking transport.

Usage tips

  • In transport announcements and written travel information, this full verb has a more official tone than the shorter wording common in ordinary conversation.

Other meanings

  • rideverb
  • boardverb

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