爬行

Chinese

		crawl; climb	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (爬行)		爬	行
simp. ^#(爬行)		爬	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ hang⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phà-hàng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pâ-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pásíng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻa²-hsing²
  - Yale: pá-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parshyng
  - Palladius: пасин (pasin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paa⁴ hang⁴
  - Yale: pàh hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phà-hàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pa^ˇ hang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pa² hang²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹ haŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâ-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: pâ-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pa'heeng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pa²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

爬行

to crawl (to move along the ground)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to crawl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爬, 爬行, 匍匐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爬
	Taiwan	爬
	Singapore	爬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	爬
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	爬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爬
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	爬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躝, 爬
	Hong Kong	躝, 爬
	Dongguan	沿, 爬
	Yangjiang	爬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	爬
Gan	Nanchang	爬
Hakka	Meixian	爬
Jin	Taiyuan	爬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爬啦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	爬
Southern Min	Xiamen	爬
	Quanzhou	爬
	Zhangzhou	爬
	Tainan	爬
	Penang (Hokkien)	爬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爬
	Chaozhou	爬
	Shantou	爬
	Singapore (Hainanese)	爬
Wu	Shanghai	𨂝, 爬
	Suzhou	爬, 𨂝
	Wenzhou	爬
Xiang	Changsha	爬
Xiang	Shuangfeng	𱗄

Derived terms

爬行動物 / 爬行动物 (páxíng dòngwù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (爬行):

→ Korean: 파행(爬行) (pahaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爬	行
は Hyōgai	こう Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はこー [hàkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ko̞ː]

Noun

爬(は)行(こう) • (hakō) ^{←はかう (fakau)^?}

creeping, crawling, moving without standing

Verb

爬(は)行(こう)する • (hakō suru) ^{←はかう (fakau)^?}intransitive suru (stem 爬(は)行(こう)し (hakō shi), past 爬(は)行(こう)した (hakō shita))

to creep, to crawl
Synonym: 這う (hau)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "爬行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	爬行し	はこうし	hakō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	爬行し	はこうし	hakō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	爬行する	はこうする	hakō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	爬行する	はこうする	hakō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	爬行すれ	はこうすれ	hakō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	爬行せよ¹ 爬行しろ²	はこうせよ¹ はこうしろ²	hakō seyo¹ hakō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	爬行される	はこうされる	hakō sareru
Causative	爬行させる爬行さす	はこうさせるはこうさす	hakō saseru hakō sasu
Potential	爬行できる	はこうできる	hakō dekiru
Volitional	爬行しよう	はこうしよう	hakō shiyō
Negative	爬行しない	はこうしない	hakō shinai
Negative continuative	爬行せず	はこうせず	hakō sezu
Formal	爬行します	はこうします	hakō shimasu
Perfective	爬行した	はこうした	hakō shita
Conjunctive	爬行して	はこうして	hakō shite
Hypothetical conditional	爬行すれば	はこうすれば	hakō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲爬行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
爬	行

Noun

爬行 • (pahaeng) (hangeul 파행)

hanja form^? of 파행 (“creeping; crawling”)