爬行 (pá xíng) — to crawl; to creep | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to crawlto creep

爬行。
Tā zài dì shàng màn màn pá xíng.
He is slowly crawling on the ground.
爬行。
Yīng ér kāi shǐ pá xíng le.
The baby started crawling.
爬行。
Nà zhī wū guī zài shā tān shàng pá xíng.
That turtle is crawling on the beach.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

爬行 combines 爬, to crawl, with 行, to go or move; together they mean to move by crawling or creeping.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

爪巴爬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

巴

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

爬 pairs 爪, the part that gives the meaning, with 巴, the part that gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.