Learn Chinese Characters

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 placeto goto crawlshānmountain