CRAWL    爬行匍匐

MOVE ONE'S BODY USING HANDS AND FEET ON THE FLOOR.
CREEPWORM ONE'S WAYGO ON ALL FOURSGO ON HANDS AND KNEESWRIGGLESLITHERSQUIRMSCRABBLE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for crawling or creeping is pú fú 匍匐. 2. Pān 攀 and yuán 緣 refer to crawling upwards. 3. Shé xíng 蛇行 is occasionally used as an idiom referring to crawling.
Modern Chinese Criteria
爬 爬行 匍匐 蜿蜒 蛇行 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • WRIGGLEMOVE along by TWISTING OR REVOLVING:rotating one's BODY.
Hypernym
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.41

    • Words (8 items)

    匍匐  pú fú OC: baa bɯɡ MC: buo̝ buk 4 Attributions

    The current general word for crawling or creeping is pú fú 匍匐.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl about (also as sign of extreme mourning grief)
    行  xíng MC: haeng OC: ɢraaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNclimb on NDS
    蚑行  qì xíng MC: khjieX haeng OC: khes ɢraaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl; crawl about like an insectCH
    匍伏  pú fú OC: baa bɯɡ MC: buo̝ buk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactwalk politely as if crawling along (as a sign of respect)
    攀  pān OC: phraan MC: phɣan 1 Attribution

    Pān 攀 and yuán 緣refer to crawling upwards.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcrawl upwards, pull oneself upwards
    蛇行  shé xíng OC: ɢljal ɢraaŋ MC: ʑɣɛ ɦɣaŋ 0 Attributions

    Xié 挾 refers to gaining control over someone and then trying to force him to do as one tells him.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl (like a snake) ZGC
    爬  pá OC: braa MC: bɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han: creep up
    緣  yuán MC: ywen OC: k-lon 0 Attributions

    Pān 攀 and yuán 緣refer to crawling upwards.

      Word relations
    • Object: 木/TREE The current word for a tree is mù 木. In Shang times times this word was a count noun for trees, later it also referred to felled trees and in particular to timber as a material. Thus in Warring States times the special feature of this word is that it is a mass noun as well as a count noun.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcrawl upwards with the aid of something to hold on to