Chinese symbol for “reptile”
爬虫
pá chóng
Traditional: 爬蟲
reptile; (Internet) web crawler
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reptile is 爬虫 (pá chóng), defined as: reptile; (Internet) web crawler.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reptile”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 爬虫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爬行 | pá xíng | to crawl; to creep |
| 爬山 | pá shān | to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains) |
| 攀爬 | pān pá | to climb |
| 爬升 | pá shēng | to rise; to ascend |
| 爬行动物 (爬行動物) | pá xíng dòng wù | reptile |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
| 杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑) | shā chóng jì | insecticide; pesticide |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reptile”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.