百乘
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Chinese
| hundred | ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride | ||
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| trad. (百乘) | 百 | 乘 | |
| simp. #(百乘) | 百 | 乘 | |
Etymology 1
Calque of Sanskrit सातवाहन (sātavāhana), taken to mean "hundred vehicles".
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
百乘
- (～王朝) the Satavahana dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
百乘
- (literary) a hundred chariots
- 故制：國不過千乘，都城不過百雉，家富不過百乘。
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gù zhì: guó bù guò qiānshèng, dūchéng bù guò bǎizhì, jiā fù bù guò bǎishèng.
- 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.
故制：国不过千乘，都城不过百雉，家富不过百乘。- 其往也，得車數乘；王說之，益車百乘。
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qí wǎng yě, dé chē shù shèng; wáng yuè zhī, yì chē bǎishèng.
- 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.
其往也，得车数乘；王说之，益车百乘。
Derived terms
- 百乘之家 (bǎishèng zhī jiā)