爬 - pá - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
8 strokes
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爬

pá

Definition

to crawl
to climb
to get up or sit up

Character Decomposition

Related words (25)

爬上

pá shàng

to scale; to get up; to climb up

爬升

pá shēng

to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion

to ascend; to climb

to climb a wall; (fig.) to be unfaithful

爬山

pá shān

to climb (a mountain); mountain climbing; to hike; to mountaineer

爬泳

pá yǒng

crawl (swimming stroke)

爬灰

pá huī

incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law; also written 扒灰

sledge

pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act); climbing pole

爬虫

pá chóng

reptile (old or common word for 爬行動物|爬行动物)

to crawl; to creep

(oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper

爬虫类

pá chóng lèi

reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类

爬行类

pá xíng lèi

reptiles; also written 爬行動物|爬行动物

reptile

reptile

to climb

total elevation gain

to walk sideways; crab-wise

狗爬式

gǒu pá shì

dog paddle (swimming style)

tick (zoology)

to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds you

摸爬滚打

mō pá gǔn dǎ

to go through arduous training or hard work

stumbling along

thecodontia (primitive dinosaur)

Idioms (2)

爬山涉水

pá shān shè shuǐ

to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey

连滚带爬

lián gǔn dài pá

rolling and crawling; trying frantically to escape (idiom)

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