爬 pá climb
climb; to crawl
怎么记住“爬”: 爪 claw + 巴 wait for = climb. The kitten sinks a claw into the new curtains, won't wait for its horrified owner and climbs straight to the top.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
爬 = 爪 claw + 巴 wait for
- 爪 claw meaning
- 巴 wait for sound
The kitten sinks a claw into the new curtains, won't wait for its horrified owner and climbs straight to the top.
How it came to be
The claw gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- The go-to verb for climbing something you use hands and feet on: 爬山 (pá shān) hike/climb a mountain, 爬树 (pá shù) climb a tree, 爬楼梯 (pá lóutī) climb stairs.
- Also plain crawl/creep along the ground: 宝宝会爬了 (bǎobao huì pá le) the baby can crawl now; 爬行 (páxíng) crawl.
- Not for ascending by machine or scaling a wall cleanly: that job goes to 上/登; 爬 implies effort on all fours or a hard slog up.
例句
- 我喜欢爬山。 Wǒ xǐhuan páshān.I like to go climbing.
- 假如天晴了，我就和你去爬山。 Jiǎrú tiān qíng le, wǒ jiù hé nǐ qù páshān.If the weather clears, I will go climbing with you.