The Chinese word **乘车** (chéng chē) is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb **乘** (chéng), meaning "to ride" or "to take," with the noun **车** (chē), meaning "vehicle" or "car." This straightforward syntactic structure, where an action is directly paired with its object, creates the common phrase meaning "to take a vehicle" or "to ride in a car/bus/train." It exemplifies a highly productive method of word formation in Chinese, where two independent, meaningful characters (morphemes) are joined to create a new, specific concept that is readily understood from the sum of its parts.