趴
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent (from Japanese "pā", short for "pāsento")
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Dict coverage rank #3,205 U+8DB4
How 趴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 八 (phonetic, bā)
How to remember it
prostrate oneself · Heisig RSH #2319
wooden leg + 八 eight
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 八
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 八 (bā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八 sound component | bā | eight; all around, all sides |
| 办 | bàn | to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle |
| 扒 | bā | to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl |
| 叭 | bā | trumpet |
Words containing 趴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马趴 | mǎ pā | face-plant |
| 趴体 | pā tǐ | (loanword) party |
| 趴伏 | pā fú | to crouch; to lie prone |
| 轰趴馆 | hōng pā guǎn | party venue (available for hire) |
| 趴窝 | pā wō | (coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs; (fig.) (of a person) to be lai… |
| 累趴 | lèi pā | tired to the point of dropping |
| 趴趴走 | pā pā zǒu | (Tw) to wander about; to roam around freely (from Taiwanese 拋拋走, Tai-lo pr. [pha-pha-tsáu]… |
| 淫趴 | yín pā | (slang) sex party |
| 轰趴 | hōng pā | (loanword) party (social gathering); (Tw) party (typically associated with sex and drugs) |
| 趴踢 | pā ti | (loanword) party |