pá shān
to climb hills/mountains
我喜欢爬山。
wǒ xǐhuān páshān.
I like mountain climbing.
我们一起去爬山吧。
wǒmen yīqǐ qù páshān ba.
Let's go mountain climbing together.
爬山可以锻炼身体。
páshān kěyǐ duànliàn shēntǐ.
Mountain climbing can exercise the body.
登山 (dēng shān)
mountain climbing
登高 (dēng gāo)
hiking
下坡 (xiàpō)
go downhill
下山 (xiàshān)
go down the mountain
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The Chinese word 爬山 (páshān) for "mountain climbing" is composed of two characters: 爬 (pá) and 山 (shān). The character 爬 (pá) originally meant "to crawl" or "to climb". It is composed of the radical 虫 (chóng), which represents insects, and the phonetic component 巴 (bā). The character 山 (shān) means "mountain". It is composed of the radical 石 (shí), which represents stones, and the phonetic component 彡 (sān).When combined, the characters 爬 (pá) and 山 (shān) form the word 爬山 (páshān), which literally means "to climb a mountain". The word 爬山 can also be used figuratively to mean "to overcome a challenge" or "to achieve a goal".
