趴

• 拼音: pā
• 汉字拆解: 趴 = 足 (foot/leg radical) + 八 (to divide/split) — legs splayed, body forward onto the ground

含义

To lie face down; to lean forward with the chest resting on a surface; to prostrate.

Describes the posture of lying with the front of the body facing down or leaning heavily against a surface. Common in descriptions of exhaustion (趴在桌上睡着), hiding (趴在地上), or physical examination. Colloquial and vivid.

例句

1. 课后她精疲力竭，直接趴在书桌上睡着了，连晚饭都忘记吃。
2. 孩子们趴在围栏边，踮起脚尖争先恐后地向里张望，想看清笼子里的动物。
3. 士兵接到命令后立刻趴下隐蔽，借助草丛的掩护悄悄向目标位置匍匐前进。

用法指南

语境: daily life, physical description, military, children

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他连续熬夜三天完成了项目报告，最终体力不支，趴在会议室的桌子上沉沉睡去，同事们见状都不忍心打扰他。(Having stayed up for three nights in a row to finish the project report, he finally ran out of energy and fell into a deep sleep face-down on the meeting room table — colleagues who saw this could not bear to disturb him.)
• 孩子趴在窗台上，眼巴巴地望着窗外的雪地，恳切地问妈妈能不能带他出去堆雪人。(The child leaned forward against the windowsill, gazing longingly at the snowy ground outside and earnestly asking his mother whether she could take him out to build a snowman.)

错误说法

• 将'趴'用于描述侧卧或仰卧，如'他趴着睡觉，很舒服' — 趴 specifically means lying face-down (prone position); for side-sleeping use 侧躺, for lying on one's back use 仰躺 or 躺

起源与历史

趴 = 足 (foot) + 八 (eight/divide) — a person split forward onto the ground; the character is relatively modern and phonosemantic

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal