百乘

Chinese

		hundred	ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride
trad. (百乘)		百	乘
simp. #(百乘)		百	乘

Etymology 1

Calque of Sanskrit सातवाहन (sātavāhana), taken to mean "hundred vehicles".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎichéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎichéng
    • Wade–Giles: Pai³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Bǎi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baecherng
    • Palladius: Байчэн (Bajčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

百乘

1. (～王朝) the Satavahana dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎishèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishèng
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shêng⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeshenq
    • Palladius: байшэн (bajšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

百乘

1. (literary) a hundred chariots

   • 故制：國不過千乘，都城不過百雉，家富不過百乘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故制：国不过千乘，都城不过百雉，家富不过百乘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù zhì: guó bù guò qiānshèng, dūchéng bù guò bǎizhì, jiā fù bù guò bǎishèng. [Pinyin]

     Hence it was made the rule that no state should have more than 1000 chariots, no chief city's wall more than 100 embrasures, no family, however rich, more than 100 chariots.

   • 其往也，得車數乘；王說之，益車百乘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其往也，得车数乘；王说之，益车百乘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qí wǎng yě, dé chē shù shèng; wáng yuè zhī, yì chē bǎishèng. [Pinyin]

     On setting out, he had several carriages with him; and the king (of Qin) was so pleased with him that he gave him another hundred.

Derived terms

• 百乘之家 (bǎishèng zhī jiā)