Meaning
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
Chinese: 脚步、步骤或行走。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bu” becomes a different word in each tone. 步 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
- 进一步jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
- 进步jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- 初步chū bùinitial; preliminary; tentative
- 散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk
Example Sentence
我们一步一步往山上走。Wǒ men yí bù yí bù wǎng shān shàng zǒu.We walked up the mountain step by step.
我们Wǒ menwe一yíone步bùa step一yíone步bùa step往wǎngtoward山shānmountain上shàngon走zǒuto walk。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of two feet (止 over 少/止), one in front of the other: ‘a step, pace; a stage, phase; to walk, go on foot; a state, situation’ (步行, 进步, 脚步).
A way to remember it
Two feet, one ahead of the other — a step, to walk.