| 爬 | [ pá ] to crawl, to climb, to get up or sit up |
| 爬上 | [ pá shàng ] to climb up |
| 爬升 | [ pá shēng ] to rise, to ascend, to climb (airplane etc), to go up (sales figures etc), to gain promotion |
| 爬山 | [ pá shān ] to climb a mountain, to mountaineer, hiking, mountaineering |
| 爬山涉水 | [ pá shān shè shuǐ ] to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey |
| 爬山虎 | [ pá shān hǔ ] Boston 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 |
| 爬梳 | [ pá shū ] to comb through (historical documents etc), to unravel |
| 爬泳 | [ pá yǒng ] crawl (swimming stroke) |
| 爬灰 | [ pá huī ] incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, also written 扒灰 |
| 爬牆 | [ pá qiáng ] to climb a wall, (fig.) to be unfaithful |
| 爬犁 | [ pá lí ] sledge |
| 爬竿 | [ pá gān ] pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act), climbing pole |
| 爬蝦 | [ pá xiā ] mantis shrimp |
| 爬蟲 | [ pá chóng ] reptile, (Internet) web crawler |
| 爬蟲動物 | [ pá chóng dòng wù ] reptile |
| 爬蟲類 | [ pá chóng leì ] reptiles, also written 爬行類|爬行类 |
| 爬行 | [ pá xíng ] to crawl, to creep |
| 爬行動物 | [ pá xíng dòng wù ] reptile |
| 爬行類 | [ pá xíng leì ] reptiles, also written 爬行動物|爬行动物 |
| ⇒ 人往高處爬，水往低處流 | [ rén wǎng gaō chù pá shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú ] see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2] |
| ⇒ 吃裡爬外 | [ chī lǐ pá waì ] to work against the interests of sb one derives support from, to double-cross one's employer, to bite the hand that feeds you |
| ⇒ 摸爬滾打 | [ mō pá gǔn dǎ ] to go through challenging experiences, to become seasoned (in one's profession etc) |
| ⇒ 攀爬 | [ pān pá ] to climb |
| ⇒ 橫爬行 | [ héng pá xíng ] to walk sideways, crab-wise |
| ⇒ 狗爬式 | [ goǔ pá shì ] dog paddle (swimming style), doggy style (sex position) |
| ⇒ 草爬子 | [ caǒ pá zi ] tick (zoology) |
| ⇒ 蝦爬子 | [ xiā pá zi ] mantis shrimp |
| ⇒ 跌跌爬爬 | [ diē diē pá pá ] stumbling along |
| ⇒ 跌跌爬爬 | [ diē diē pá pá ] stumbling along |
| ⇒ 連滾帶爬 | [ lián gǔn daì pá ] rolling and crawling, trying frantically to escape (idiom) |
