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Meaning of 步

Pinyin bù

Radical

止

Strokes

Definition

a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process

Usage

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步 [bù] 动词 1. 行走: to walk 2. 踏着别人的足迹走，追随: to follow in someone’s footsteps 3. 行走时两脚的距离: the distance between two feet when walking 4. 事情进行的程序、阶段、程度: the steps, stages, or degree of a process 5. 中国旧制长度单位，一步等于五尺: a traditional Chinese unit of length, one step equals five feet 6. 同“埠”，多用于地名: same as "bu," often used in place names 7. 姓: a surname 名词 1. 脚步，步伐: a step; pace 2. 古时一举足叫跬(半步);两足各跨一次叫步。今指行走时两脚之间的距离: in ancient times, a movement of one foot was called a "kui" (half step); now it refers to the distance between the two feet while walking 3. 通常是连续发生的一次行动、一个步骤: usually refers to a single action or a step in a process 4. 步兵(诸兵种之一): infantry (one of the military branches) 5. 时运，命运: luck; fate 6. 埠( dock)，水边停船处: a dock, a place for mooring boats 7. 姓: a surname 量词 1. 长度单位，历代不一，周代以八尺为一步，秦代以六尺，为一步: a unit of length that varies through history; in the Zhou dynasty, one step was eight feet, and in the Qin dynasty, it was six feet.

望而却步 wàng ér què bù

to shrink back / to flinch

千步 qiān bù

Thousand steps

寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí

to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to

寸步难行 cùn bù nán xíng

unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation

步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān

to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty

步履艰难 bù lǚ jiān nán

trudge

步履蹒跚 bù lǚ pán shān

teeter

干步廊 gàn bù láng

Dry walkway

弓步 gōng bù

bow step / bow stance

弓箭步 gōng jiàn bù

bow-and-arrow step (dance step)

徒步 tú bù

to be on foot

快步 kuài bù

quick step

几步 jǐ bù

A few steps

步兵 bù bīng

infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier

散步 sàn bù

to take a walk / to go for a walk

步枪 bù qiāng

rifle / CL:把[ba3],枝[zhi1]

昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù

striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut

更进一步 gèng jìn yí bù

further on / plus loin

自动步枪 zì dòng bù qiāng

automatic rifle / machine rifle

停步 tíng bù

to come to a stand / to stop

初步 chū bù

initial / preliminary / tentative

一步 yī bù

single-step

逐步 zhú bù

progressively / step by step

进步 jìn bù

progress / improvement / to improve / to progress / CL:個|个[ge4]

稳步 wěn bù

steadily / a steady pace

脚步 jiǎo bù

footstep / step

地步 dì bù

stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / situation / leeway

同步 tóng bù

synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with

步骤 bù zhòu

procedure / step

两步 liǎng bù

two steps

步行 bù xíng

to go on foot / to walk

脚步声 jiǎo bù shēng

footstep / step / footfall / clop-clop

第一步 dì yī bù

step one / first step

漫步 màn bù

to wander / to ramble / recreational hiking / to perambulate

疾步 jí bù

at a fast pace

亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū

to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing

箭步 jiàn bù

sudden big stride forward

缓步 huǎn bù

to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly

步伐 bù fá

pace / (measured) step / march

进一步 jìn yī bù

one step further / to move forward a step / further onwards

举步维艰 jǔ bù wéi jiān

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

刘步蟾 liú bù chán

Liu Buchan

让步 ràng bù

to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive

踱步 duó bù

to pace / to stroll

跑步 pǎo bù

to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double

跨步 kuà bù

to take a (striding) step

大踏步 dà tà bù

in big strides / (fig.) in giant steps

踏步 tà bù

stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill

迈步 mài bù

take a step / step forward / make a step

邯郸学步 Hán dān xué bù

to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature

阔步 kuò bù

to stride forward

有步骤 yǒu bù zhòu

There are steps