"to climb up" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
攀援	pān yuán	to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant)	syn
爬上	pá shàng	to climb up
攀缘攀緣	pān yuán	to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant)	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
上	shàng	(bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above	syn
登山	dēng shān	to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering	syn
爬山	pá shān	to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering	syn
上山	shàng shān	to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
攀登	pān dēng	to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger	syn
登上	dēng shàng	to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
上岸	shàng àn	to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)	syn
爬升	pá shēng	to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion	syn
捷足先登	jié zú xiān dēng	the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served	syn
上坡	shàng pō	uphill / upslope / to move upwards / to climb a slope
攀越	pān yuè	to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount
攀附	pān fù	to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing	syn
攀岩	pān yán	rock climbing / to climb a rockface
攀爬	pān pá	to climb
爬墙爬牆	pá qiáng	to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
步步高升步步高陞	bù bù gāo shēng	to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up	syn
缘木求鱼緣木求魚	yuán mù qiú yú	lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible	syn
越	yuè	to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more	syn
爬	pá	to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up	syn
攀	pān	to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status	syn
跻躋	jī	(literary) to ascend / to climb / to mount
跂	qǐ	to climb / to hope
巴山越岭巴山越嶺	bā shān yuè lǐng	to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom) / to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains
爬山涉水	pá shān shè shuǐ	to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom) / fig. to make a long and difficult journey
趒	tiáo	to jump / to climb over / to leap / to posture / a gangway
守株待兔，缘木求鱼守株待兔，緣木求魚	shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú	to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action
攀亲道故攀親道故	pān qīn dào gù	(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
登峰	dēng fēng	to climb a mountain / to scale a peak / mountain climbing / mountaineering
翻墙翻牆	fān qiáng	lit. to climb over the wall / fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
蹬鼻子上脸蹬鼻子上臉	dēng bí zi shàng liǎn	lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
搲	wǎ	to crawl / to climb / to scoop up
从善如登，从恶如崩從善如登，從惡如崩	cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng	doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
上刀山，下油锅上刀山，下油鍋	shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō	lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations
上刀山，下火海	shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi	lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
人梯	rén tī	human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc) / (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success

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"to climb up" Chinese-English Dictionary

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