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爬山

páshān

to climb mountains; to hike

A hiker climbing a mountain path
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Characters in this word

爬 pá

Strokes
8
Radical
爪 — claws, nails, talons
Made of
爪 claws, nails, talons 巴 to cling
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

山 shān

Strokes
3
Radical
山 — mountain, hill, peak
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 周末去爬山。 Zhōumò qù páshān. Let us go hiking this weekend.
  • 我喜欢爬山。 Wǒ xǐhuan páshān. I like hiking.
  • 明天一起爬山。 Míngtiān yìqǐ páshān. Let us hike together tomorrow.

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