爬 pá — to crawl; to creep
爬
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #1161
pá pa2
Detailed explanation
- verb (形声。从爪，巴声。爪，手爪。本义:搔，爬梳)
- verb scratch e.g 爬挲 · 爬栉 · 爬耳搔腮 · 爬拉
- verb crawl;creep e.g 爬蹉 · 爬沙 · 爬坑缸弗上 · 爬滩弗动
- verb climb;clamber;scramble e.g 爬树 · 爬上高枝儿 · 爬得越高，跌得越惨
- verb lie prostrate
- verb renovate
- verb dredge
Related words
- 爬行 to crawl; to creep
- 摸爬滚打 to toughen oneself through hard practical experience; to rough it and battle on
- 爬坡 to climb a slope; (fig.) to struggle uphill toward improvement
- 攀爬 to climb; to scale; to clamber; to shin up; climbing
- 爬犁 sled; sledge (northern dialect)
- 爬虫 reptile; web crawler
- 爬山虎 Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
- 向上爬 (derog.) to climb the career ladder; to scramble for promotion
- 爬升 to climb; to ascend
- 爬格子 (oral) to write (esp. for a living)/to spell out laboriously on squared paper
- 吃里爬外 to eat off one side and work for the other; to be a mole
- 连滚带爬 to roll and crawl away in panic; to flee helter-skelter
- 爬山 to go hiking; to climb a mountain