HSK 2 · Sports

爬山

pá shān

to climb a mountain

Stroke order of 爬山

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

爬 · 8 strokes 山 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Claws '爪' grip the rock as you crawl '爬' up three peaks '山' — hiking!

Parts: 爬 climb; crawl (爪 claw + 巴) + 山 mountain (pictograph of three peaks)

The characters in 爬山

爬 pá — to climb; to crawl (8 strokes)
山 shān — mountain (3 strokes)

Example sentence

我们周末去爬山吧。

Let's go hiking this weekend.

Words with 爬

爬to climb; to crawl

Words with 山

More words: Sports

运动sports; to exercise 体育physical education; sports 体育场stadium 体育馆gym; arena 球场court; field 球队(ball) team 球鞋sneakers 篮球basketball 排球volleyball 网球tennis 队team; line 加油come on!; to refuel 爬to climb; to crawl

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