攀
to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
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Dict coverage rank #1,874 U+6500
How 攀 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
手 (semantic, “hand”) + 樊 (phonetic, fán)
How to remember it
climb · Heisig RSH #2536
林 woods + sheaf + St. Bernard dog + 手 hand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 攀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高攀不上 | gāo pān bù shàng | to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status) |
| 高不可攀 | gāo bù kě pān | too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable |
| 中华攀雀 | Zhōng huá pān què | (bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus) |
| 攀山家 | pān shān jiā | mountaineer (HK) |
| 白冠攀雀 | bái guān pān què | (bird species of China) white-crowned penduline tit (Remiz coronatus) |
| 攀亲道故 | pān qīn dào gù | (idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially |
| 攀高结贵 | pān gāo jié guì | lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the ri… |
| 攀枝花市 | Pān zhī huā Shì | Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 攀高枝儿 | pān gāo zhī r | erhua form of 攀高枝[pan1 gao1 zhi1] |
| 高攀 | gāo pān | social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class |
| 攀龙附凤 | pān lóng fù fèng | see 扳龍附鳳|扳龙附凤[ban1 long2 fu4 feng4] |
| 不敢高攀 | bù gǎn gāo pān | lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term); I cannot presume on your attention |
| 攀附权贵 | pān fù quán guì | to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing |
| 攀比 | pān bǐ | to make invidious comparisons; to compete with; to emulate |
| 攀枝花 | Pān zhī huā | see 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 Shi4] |
| 攀枝花 | pān zhī huā | kapok (tree) |
| 攀高枝 | pān gāo zhī | (coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of … |
| 攀亲 | pān qīn | to seek to profit by family ties |
| 攀岩 | pān yán | rock climbing; to climb a rockface |
| 攀折 | pān zhé | to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub) |