爬
páTraditional: 爬
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Translation
to crawl, to climb, to clamber
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with 爪 (zhǎo, claw) for meaning and 巴 (bā) as the phonetic element, suggesting clawing one's way along.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 爪 (zhǎo, claw) + 巴 (bā, phonetic)
Stroke order
爬
Examples
。
The baby is crawling on the floor.
顶。
We climbed to the top of the mountain.
虫。
An insect crawled across the table.
树摘。
He climbed the tree to pick the fruit.
屋顶。
The cat climbed onto the roof.
爬 (pá) means to crawl or to climb, used of babies, insects, and people scaling hills or trees. It implies movement on hands and feet or close to a surface.
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