Chinese symbol for “reptiles”
爬虫类
pá chóng lèi
Traditional: 爬蟲類
reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reptiles is 爬虫类 (pá chóng lèi), defined as: reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reptiles”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 爬虫类.
| 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 |
| 爬虫 (爬蟲) | pá chóng | reptile; (Internet) web crawler |
| 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 |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reptiles”.
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.