Meaning
crawl; climb
Chinese: 爬行、攀爬。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “pa” becomes a different word in each tone. 爬 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
- 连滚带爬lián gǔn dài pá(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape
- 爬上pá shàngto climb up
- 爬行pá xíngto crawl; to creep
- 爬升pá shēngto rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc)
Example Sentence
周末我们一起去爬山。Zhōu mò wǒ men yì qǐ qù pá shān.On weekends we go hiking together.
周末Zhōu mòweekend我们wǒ menwe一起yì qǐ(in) the same place去qùto go爬páto crawl山shānmountain。