攀 (pān): to climb (by pulling oneself up), to implicate, to claim connections of higher status
攀 (pān) is a Chinese character meaning “to climb (by pulling oneself up).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 樊 (phonetic) and 手 (semantic). It ranks #2360 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 攀 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to climb (by pulling oneself up)
- to implicate
- to claim connections of higher status
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 攀登 | pān dēng | to climb |
| 攀升 | pān shēng | to clamber up |
| 高攀 | gāo pān | social climbing |
| 高不可攀 | gāo bù kě pān | too high to reach (idiom) |
| 攀越 | pān yuè | to climb over |
| 攀附 | pān fù | to climb (of climbing plants) |
| 攀比 | pān bǐ | to make invidious comparisons |
| 攀谈 | pān tán | to chat |
| 攀援 | pān yuán | to climb up (a rope etc) |
| 攀亲 | pān qīn | to seek to profit by family ties |
| 攀缘 | pān yuán | to climb up (a rope etc) |
| 高攀不上 | gāo pān bù shàng | to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status) |
| 不敢高攀 | bù gǎn gāo pān | lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) |
| 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) |
攀 appears in 33 compound words: 79 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 攀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people so as to acquire benefits
to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people so as to acquire benefits
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 攀.
Example Sentences
他攀起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā pān qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
(独家)NAND报价攀高不停 群联率先发函客户改交预付款
( dú jiā ) N A N D bào jià pān gāo bù tíng qún lián lǜ xiān fā hán kè hù gǎi jiāo yù fù kuǎn
(Exclusive) NAND quotations continue to rise, and Phison took the lead in sending a letter to customers to pay in advance
2025年1月柬埔寨服装和鞋类出口额攀升至14亿美元
2 0 2 5 nián 1 yuè jiǎn 埔 zhài fú zhuāng hé xié lèi chū kǒu é pān shēng zhì 1 4 yì měi yuán
Cambodia's clothing and footwear exports climbed to $1.4 billion in January 2025
2025年1月柬埔寨燃料进口额小幅攀升至2.2亿美元
2 0 2 5 nián 1 yuè jiǎn 埔 zhài rán liào jìn kǒu é xiǎo fú pān shēng zhì 2 . 2 yì měi yuán
Cambodia's fuel imports climbed slightly to $220 million in January 2025
【人生急转弯】林比比鸟/教官退伍后,他靠攀树翻转人生
rén shēng jí zhuǎn wān lín bǐ bǐ niǎo jiào guān tuì wǔ hòu , tā kào pān shù fān zhuǎn rén shēng
【A sharp turn in life】After Lin Bibi Bird/Instructor was discharged from the army, he turned his life around by climbing trees
货币基金规模攀至1.2兆元
huò bì jī jīn guī mó pān zhì 1 . 2 zhào yuán
The scale of the monetary fund climbed to 1.2 trillion yuan
西洋常春藤是攀缘藤本植物。
Xīyáng chángchūnténg shì pān yuán téngběnzhíwù.
English ivy is a climbing vine.
事实上，价格每个星期都在攀升。
Shìshíshàng, jiàgé měi gè xīngqī dōu zài pānshēng.
As it is, prices are going up every week.
攀登富士山后，我得到了一首诗的灵感。
Pāndēng Fùshì Shān hòu, wǒ dédào le yī shǒu shī de línggǎn.
After climbing Mt Fuji I got the inspiration for a poem.
价格一直在稳定地攀升。
Jiàgé yīzhí zài wěndìng de pānshēng.
Prices have been climbing steadily.
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