爬行

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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

Verb

爬行

  1. to crawl (to move along the ground)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to crawl”)
Variety Location Words
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
Wuhan 爬
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 爬
Hefei 爬
Cantonese Guangzhou 躝, 爬
Hong Kong 躝, 爬
Dongguan 沿, 爬
Yangjiang 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
Wu Shanghai 𨂝, 爬
Suzhou 爬, 𨂝
Wenzhou 爬
Xiang Changsha 爬
Shuangfeng 𱗄

Derived terms

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

Noun

爬(は)行(こう) • (hakō) ←はかう (fakau)?

  1. 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))

  1. 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

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
爬行

Noun

爬行 • (pahaeng) (hangeul 파행)

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