爬楼

爬樓

pálóu

verb

Meanings

1 to climb the stairs / walk up a building
2 (slang) to scroll back through old posts / comments to catch up on a thread

Characters

to climb / crawl

building / floor

Examples

电梯坏了，我们只好爬楼。

Diàntī huài le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo pálóu.

The elevator's broken, so we have to take the stairs.

每天爬楼当作锻炼。

Měi tiān pálóu dàngzuò duànliàn.

I climb the stairs every day for exercise.

我爬了半天楼才看完群里的聊天记录。

Wǒ pále bàntiān lóu cái kàn wán qún lǐ de liáotiān jìlù.

I scrolled back for ages before I finished reading the group chat history.

Tips

usage

The 'scrolling back' meaning comes from online forum (BBS) culture, where each post in a thread was called a 楼 ('floor') — so 爬楼 became 'scrolling up through the floors'. The usage survives on WeChat groups, Weibo, Zhihu.

Stroke Order

爬 pá

楼 lóu