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爬páto crawl

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爬 (pá) means "to crawl" or "to climb." It describes moving on hands and knees, as a baby does, and going up something like a tree or a mountain, as in 孩子在地上爬 (the child is crawling on the floor) and 爬山 (to climb a mountain, to go hiking).

What does 爬 mean?

  1. 1.

    to crawlverb

  2. 2.

    to climbverb

What does the character 爬 mean?

  • 爬to crawl

How do you use 爬?

爬 often combines with a place, as in 爬山 or 爬到树上.

What are some examples of 爬 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 3

    我们周末去爬山吧。

    Wǒmen zhōumò qù pá shān ba.

    Let's go mountain climbing this weekend.

  2. HSK 3

    孩子在地上爬。

    Háizi zài dì shang pá.

    The child is crawling on the floor.

  3. HSK 3

    一只猫爬到了树上。

    Yì zhī māo pá dào le shù shang.

    A cat climbed up the tree.

How is 爬 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    这个周六你有空吗？

    Zhège zhōuliù nǐ yǒu kòng ma?

    Are you free this Saturday?

  2. Speaker B:

    有空，我想去爬山。

    Yǒu kòng, wǒ xiǎng qù pá shān.

    Yes, I want to go mountain climbing.

  3. Speaker A:

    我也去！我们几点出发？

    Wǒ yě qù! Wǒmen jǐ diǎn chūfā?

    I'll come too! What time are we leaving?

  4. Speaker B:

    早上七点，我们在学校门口见。

    Zǎoshang qī diǎn, wǒmen zài xuéxiào ménkǒu jiàn.

    Seven in the morning. Let's meet at the school gate.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.