Definitions

(verb) to crawl; to climb
(verb) to get up; to sit up

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Semantic: Phonetic:

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The character 爬 is a phono-semantic compound with the claw radical 爪 on the left, indicating an action involving hands, claws, or nails, and the component 巴 on the right as the phonetic element. Its core meaning is physical movement by gripping or pulling. This includes crawling horizontally on all fours, as infants or reptiles do, and climbing vertically up surfaces like trees or mountains through strenuous limb-driven effort against gravity.

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他喜欢山。

Tā xǐ huān pá shān.

He likes climbing mountains.

孩子们在草地上行。

Hái zi men zài cǎo dì shàng pá xíng.

The children are crawling on the grass.

早上我们一起去山。

Zǎo shàng wǒ men yì qǐ qù pá shān.

In the morning, we go climbing together.

楼梯可以锻炼身体。

Pá lóu tī kě yǐ duàn liàn shēn tǐ.

Climbing stairs can exercise the body.

因为下雨,我们不能山了。

Yīn wèi xià yǔ, wǒ men bù néng pá shān le.

Because it's raining, we can't climb the mountain anymore.

这只乌龟得很慢。

Zhè zhī wū guī pá de hěn màn.

This turtle crawls very slowly.

如果你得高,就能看到更远的风景。

Rú guǒ nǐ pá de gāo, jiù néng kàn dào gèng yuǎn de fēng jǐng.

If you climb high, you can see farther scenery.

尽管山路陡峭,他们还是坚持到了山顶。

Jǐn guǎn shān lù dǒu qiào, tā men hái shì jiān chí pá dào le shān dǐng.

Although the mountain path is steep, they still persisted in climbing to the summit.