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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Bù | Bu4
English translation
surname Bu
a step
a pace
walk
march
stages in a process
situation
walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Modern form of ; putting one foot  zhǐ in front of the other

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

zhǐ

Explanation

Pictograph of one foot in front of another, depicting footsteps.

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dài zhāo gǒu 沿 yán 那条散步 sànbù .

I took my dog for a walk along the river.

yòng 不不不不固态 gù tài 聚酯 jù zhǐ bǎn 制作 zhìzuò shì jiān jiē yóu qíng piān lái 制版 zhì bǎn ,不求 gěi 洋间步调 bù diào .

Solid polyester version is direct female slice of seihan without intermediate step.

孩子 háizi men yòu lěi yòu 饿 è , tuō zhāo 沉重 chénzhòng de 步伐 bùfá 高高兴兴 gāo gāo xìng xìng de 回家 huí jiā le .

Tired and hungry, but happy , the boys trudged home.

下面 xià miàn jiē Zhōng 我们 wǒmen jiāng 详细 xiángxì 讨论 tǎolùn 这些 zhè xiē 步骤 bùzhòu .

We discuss each of these steps in detail in the following sections.

zhè běn 小册子 xiǎo cè zi 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen duì 国外 guó wài de 生活 shēnghuó 情况 qíngkuàng yǒu le 初步 chūbù 了解 liǎojiě .

The booklet initiates us into the problems of living abroad.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
a step
进一步 jìn yī bù one step further進一步
进步 jìnbù progress進步
逐步 zhúbù progressively逐步 zhúbù
初步 chūbù initial初步 chūbù
散步 sànbù to take a walk散步 sànbù
地步 dìbù stage地步 dìbù
脚步 jiǎo bù footstep腳步
步伐 bùfá pace步伐 bùfá
同步 tóng bù synchronous同步 tóng bù
舞步 wǔ bù dance steps舞步 wǔ bù
跑步 pǎobù to run跑步 pǎobù
步行 bù xíng to walk步行 bù xíng
步骤 bùzhòu step步驟
起步 qǐ bù to set out起步 qǐ bù
步枪 bù qiāng rifle步槍
步入 bù rù to step into步入 bù rù
漫步 màn bù to wander漫步 màn bù
让步 ràngbù to concede讓步
下一步 xià yī bù the next step下一步 xià yī bù
徒步 tú bù to be on foot徒步 tú bù
步步 bù bù step by step步步 bù bù
稳步 wěn bù steadily穩步
步兵 bù bīng infantry步兵 bù bīng

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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