爬山 páshān — to climb a mountain, to go hiking

Meanings

1. 1

   to climb a mountain, to go hiking

   To climb a hill or mountain, on foot and for pleasure. It is a verb plus its object (爬 "climb" + 山 "mountain"), so nothing follows it: to name the mountain, use 爬 alone.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 山

  shān (first tone, high and level)

  mountain, hill

  3 strokesRadical 山

Example sentences

• 这个周末我们去爬山吧。/這個週末我們去爬山吧。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) zhōumò (first tone, high and level) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) páshān (second tone, rising) ba. (neutral tone)···

  Let’s go hiking this weekend.

• 爬山以后我的腿很疼。/爬山以後我的腿很疼。Páshān (second tone, rising) yǐhòu (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) tuǐ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) téng. (second tone, rising)···

  My legs ached after the climb.

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