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.

Similar words

Words containing 山

• 山shān (first tone, high and level)mountain; hill
• 山顶/山頂shān (first tone, high and level) dǐng (third tone, dipping)hilltop
• 山谷shān (first tone, high and level) gǔ (third tone, dipping)valley
• 山区/山區shān (first tone, high and level) qū (first tone, high and level)mountain area
• 火山huǒ (third tone, dipping) shān (first tone, high and level)volcano
• 雪山xuě (third tone, dipping) shān (first tone, high and level)snow-capped mountain
• 登山dēng (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)to climb a mountain
• 高山gāo (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)high mountain; alpine mountain
• 山坡shān (first tone, high and level) pō (first tone, high and level)hillside
• 冰山bīng (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)iceberg
• 山路shān (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)mountain road
• 下山xià (fourth tone, falling) shān (first tone, high and level)to go down a hill
• 山脉/山脈shān (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling)mountain range
• 山峰shān (first tone, high and level) fēng (first tone, high and level)(mountain) peak
• 山寨shān (first tone, high and level) zhài (fourth tone, falling)fortified hill village
• 山川shān (first tone, high and level) chuān (first tone, high and level)mountains and rivers
• 出山chū (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)to leave the mountain (of a hermit)