HSK 3 · Verbs

爬山 páshān “mountain climbing” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 爬山 means

  1. mountain climbing
  2. to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)

How to say 爬山

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale爬pá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale山shān1st tone, high and level

爬山 in a sentence

  1. 爬山是锻炼的好方法。

    Páshān shì duànliàn de hǎo fāngfǎ.

    Climbing mountains is a good way to exercise.

    Sentence #1517736 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 上周末我爬山去了。

    Shàng zhōumò wǒ páshān qù le.

    I went mountain climbing last weekend.

    Sentence #2051364 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 爬山 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 爬 (pá) with each of its parts in a different colour
爬páto crawl
  • 爪claw · zhǎoMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

爪 hints at the meaning (claw); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with pá.

The character 山 (shān) with each of its parts in a different colour
山shānmountain; hill
  • 丨line · gǔn
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidDrawn from three mountain peaks: mountain.

How to write 爬山

爬 8 strokes · 山 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

爬山 (páshān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 爬山 (páshān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 爬山

Words with 爬

爬pá · to climb

Words with 山

山shān · mountain山脉shānmài · mountain range

More words: Common Verbs

离开líkāi · leave留学liúxué · study abroad拿ná · carry in your hand努力nǔlì · to work hard骑qí · to ride an animal or bike起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off

FAQs

爬山 (páshān) means “mountain climbing” or “to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it páshān: pá with a 2nd tone, then shān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 爬山 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pashan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爬山 from the suggestions. Typing pashan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爬山 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.