步 (bou6 | bu4) : step, pace; fortune

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步

bou6

bu4

[1] [n] step; pace [2] [v] walk; stroll; on foot [3] situation; state; degree [4] banks of rivers, ponds, etc. [5] fortune; doom [6] a unit in length in ancient China of about 5.5 feet [7] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 止 (#77)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

步

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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止步 zi2 bou6 = halt, no admittance

跑步 paau2 bou6 pao3 bu4 = run

進步 zeon3 bou6 jin4 bu4 = to progress; progressive

逐步 zuk6 bou6 zhu2 bu4 = step-by-step

一步 jat1 bou6 yi2 bu4 = one single step, a pace

第一步 dai6 jat1 bou6 di4 yi1 bu4 = first step

步級 bou6 kap1 = steps 粵

腳步 goek3 bou6 jiao3 bu4 = footstep

散步 saan3 bou6 san4 bu4 = to go for a walk; to take a walk

步伐 bou6 fat6 bu4 fa2 = pace; step; march
See all 86 compounds (CantoDict reports 90 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 步

你啲廣東話進步咗好多！粵
Your Cantonese has improved a lot!

我往常都是步行去上班。國
I used to go to work on foot.

三步擸埋兩步走粵
He walks in long strides.

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 步
Unicode code for this character: U+6B65 (off-site link)

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