| pá | to crawl/to climb |
| 爬 | to crawl to climb to get up or sit up |
| 爬上 | climb up |
| 爬升 | to climb (of a plane) to gain height |
| 爬坡 | grade climbing |
| 爬墙 | wall climbing |
| 爬山 | to climb a mountain to mountaineer hiking |
| 爬山涉水 | to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey |
| 爬山虎 | Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) |
| 爬格子 | (oral) to write (esp. for a living) to spell out laboriously on squared paper |
| 爬梯 | ladder stand |
| 爬泳 | crawl (swimming stroke) |
| 爬灰 | incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law also written 扒灰 |
| 爬犁 | sledge |
| 爬竿 | pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) climbing pole |
| 爬绳 | [Sports] rope climbing |
| 爬虫 | reptile (old or common word for 爬行動物|爬行动物) |
| 爬虫动物 | reptile |
| 爬虫学 | herpetology |
| 爬虫学家 | a herpetologist |
| 爬虫类 | reptiles also written 爬行類|爬行类 |