爬 paa⁴ {pá}

1. to crawl
2. to climb
3. to get up or sit up

爬頭〔-头〕 paa⁴ tau⁴ {pá tóu}

to overtake

爬牆〔-墙〕 paa⁴ coeng⁴ {pá qiáng}

1. to climb a wall
2. (fig.) to be unfaithful

爬蟲〔-虫〕 paa⁴ cung⁴ {pá chóng}

reptile (old or common word for 爬行動物)

爬灰 paa⁴ fui¹ {pá huī}

1. incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
2. also written 扒灰

爬竿 paa⁴ gon¹ {pá gān}

1. pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act)
2. climbing pole

爬行 paa⁴ hang⁴ {pá xíng}

1. to crawl
2. to creep

爬犁 paa⁴ lai⁴ {pá lí}

sledge

爬山 paa⁴ saan¹ {pá shān}

1. to climb a mountain
2. to mountaineer
3. hiking
4. mountaineering

爬升 paa⁴ sing¹ {pá shēng}

1. to rise
2. to ascend
3. to climb (airplane etc)
4. to go up (sales figures etc)
5. to gain promotion

爬上 paa⁴ soeng⁵ {pá shàng}

to climb up

爬泳 paa⁴ wing⁶ {pá yǒng}

crawl (swimming stroke)

爬格仔 paa⁴ gaak³ zai² {pá gé zǐ}

(noun) Guitar finger exercises

爬蟲類〔-虫类〕 paa⁴ cung⁴ leoi⁶ {pá chóng lèi}

1. reptiles
2. also written 爬行類

爬格子 paa⁴ gaak³ zi² {pá gé zi}

1. (oral) to write (esp. for a living)
2. to spell out laboriously on squared paper

爬行類〔--类〕 paa⁴ hang⁴ leoi⁶ {pá xíng lèi}

1. reptiles
2. also written 爬行動物

爬山虎 paa⁴ saan¹ fu² {pá shān hǔ}

Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

爬山单车 paa⁴ saan¹ daan¹ ce¹ {pá shān dān chē}

a mountain bike

爬山單車〔--单车〕 paa⁴ saan¹ daan¹ ce¹ {pá shān dān chē}

a mountain bike

爬蟲動物〔-虫动-〕 paa⁴ cung⁴ dung⁶ mat⁶ {pá chóng dòng wù}

reptile

爬行動物〔--动-〕 paa⁴ hang⁴ dung⁶ mat⁶ {pá xíng dòng wù}

reptile

爬山涉水 paa⁴ saan¹ sip³ seoi² {pá shān shè shuǐ}

to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey