Taiwan Lounge

趴

pā

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Intransitive verb

趴 (pā) is a Chinese word meaning “to lie on one's stomach”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to lie on one's stomach
  2. to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc)
  3. (Tw) percent (from Japanese "pā", short for "pāsento")

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Example

他累得趴在桌上睡著了。

He was so tired he fell asleep slumped on the desk.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).