爬

pá

crawl, creep; climb; scramble

How to write 爬, stroke by stroke

to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up

Pictophonetic: semantic 爪 (claw), phonetic 巴

Made of 爪 + 巴

爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
爬行pá xíngto crawl; to creep
爬升pá shēngto rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion
攀爬pān páto climb
爬虫类pá chóng lèireptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类
爬虫pá chóngreptile; (Internet) web crawler
爬行动物pá xíng dòng wùreptile
爬上pá shàngto climb up
爬山虎pá shān hǔBoston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
爬格子pá gé zi(oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper
爬灰pá huīincest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law; also written 扒灰
爬墙pá qiángto climb a wall; (fig.) to be unfaithful

我们爬山的时候绳子断了。
wǒ men pá shān de shí hòu shéng zi duàn le 。
The rope broke when we were climbing the mountain.
海龟是爬行动物。
hǎi guī shì pá xíng dòng wù 。
Turtles are reptiles.
你从桌下爬出来吧！
nǐ cóng zhuō xià pá chū lái ba ！
Come out from under the table!
对猴子来说，爬树很容易。
duì hóu zi lái shuō ， pá shù hěn róng yì 。
It is easy for a monkey to climb a tree.
他费了不少劲，爬上了那棵树。
tā fèi le bù shǎo jìn ， pá shàng le nà kē shù 。
With great effort he climbed up the tree.