| 大乘 |
Dà shèng |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 乘 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng |
| 乘 |
chéng |
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed |
| 乘 |
shèng |
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books |
| 乘 |
chéng |
old variant of 乘 |