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Information of 步

Pinyin bù

Radical

止

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

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

步 [bù] Verb (动) 1. 行走。 ([En.] walk) Example: 步兵 (infantry), 信步 (to walk casually). 2. 踏着别人的足迹走，追随。 ([En.] follow) Example: 步韵 (to follow the rhyme). 3. 行走时两脚的距离。 ([En.] pace) Example: 寸步难行 (difficult to move even an inch). 4. 事情进行的程序、阶段、程度。 ([En.] step; procedure) Example: 初步 (initial step). 5. 推算;测算。 ([En.] calculate; reckon) Example: 步天 (calculate celestial bodies). Noun (名) 1. 脚步，步伐。 ([En.] step) Example: 碎步 (small and quick steps). 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。 ([En.] pace) Example: 跑步 (to run). 3. 通常是连续发生的一次行动、一个步骤。 ([En.] step; procedure) Example: 下一步怎么办 (what's the next step). 4. 步兵(诸兵种之一)。 ([En.] infantry) Example: 步队 (infantry unit). 5. 时运，命运。 ([En.] luck) Example: 地步 (situation). 6. 埠。 ([En.] dock) Example: 步有新船 (new boats at the dock). 7. 姓。 ([En.] surname) Measure word (量) Length unit, historically not uniform; during the Zhou dynasty, it was defined as eight feet per step, and during the Qin dynasty, as six feet per step. Example: 六尺为步 (six feet is a step).

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