步 bù

1. bù noun a step
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 脚步 (Guoyu '步' n 1; Unihan '步')
2. bù measure word a pace
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '步' n 2; Unihan '步')
3. bù noun a stage; a section
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 阶段 (Guoyu '步' n 3)
4. bù verb to walk
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 走 (Guoyu '步' v 1; Unihan '步')
5. bù verb to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 跟从 (Guoyu '步' v 2)
6. bù verb to calculate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 推算 (Guoyu '步' v 3)
7. bù noun circumstances
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 境况 (Guoyu '步' n 4)
8. bù noun fate; destiny
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 时运 (Guoyu '步' n 5)
9. bù noun dock; pier; wharf
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 码头 (Guoyu '步' n 6)
10. bù proper noun Bu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '步' n 7)

Contained in

• 健步如飞(健步如飛) running as fast as flying
• 代步车(代步車) vehicle; (more specifically) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
• 跑步者 runner
• 昂首阔步(昂首闊步) striding forward with head high; to walk with spirited and vigorous step; to strut
• 进步主义(進步主義) progressivism
• 举步维艰(舉步維艱) to make progress only with great difficulty
• 第一步 step one; first step
• 锐步(銳步) Reebok (sportswear manufacturer)
• 踏步 stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill
• 站稳脚步(站穩腳步) to gain a firm foothold; to get oneself established
• 步骑(步騎) horse and foot troops
• 徐步 to stroll; to walk slowly
• 自动步道(自動步道) moving walkway; travelator
• 新年进步(新年進步) Happy New Year!
• 步行者 pedestrian
• 弓箭步 bow-and-arrow step (dance step)
• 步履 gait; to walk
• 步罡踏斗 to worship the astral deities
• 步法 footwork
• 按步就班 follow the prescribed order; keep to conventional ways
• 丁字步 T-step
• 逐步 progressively; step by step
• 异步传输模式(異步傳輸模式) asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
• 步武 to walk in someone's steps; to follow in someone's footsteps ; a step
• 听到脚步声(聽到腳步聲) hear the sound of footsteps
• 潜步(潛步) to secretly enter
• 快步 quick step
• 步砌 to walk
• 学步车(學步車) baby walker; baby walking frame
• 慢步 at a slow pace
• 一步登天 climb to heaven in one step; an instant success
• 步人后尘(步人後塵) to follow in other people's footsteps
• 推步 to make an astronomical prediction
• 拽步 to take long strides; to hurry (while walking)
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后(虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後) Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)
• 原地踏步 to mark time (military); to make no headway
• 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
• 同步数位阶层(同步數位階層) synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)
• 稳步不前(穩步不前) to mark time and make no advances
• 步入 to step into; to enter
• 学步(學步) to learn to walk; to learn sth, making unsteady progress; to get started on the learning curve
• 步伐 a pace; a measured step
• 下一步 the next step
• 一步到位(一步到位) to settle a matter in one go
• 安步当车(安步當車) to walk slowly, as if riding in a carriage
• 音步 foot (syllabic unit in verse); meter; scansion
• 稳步(穩步) a steady pace
• 劳步(勞步) thank you for coming to visit
• 狐步舞 fox-trot (ballroom dance)

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全国步枪协会 、 步落稽

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十六　志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 80
• 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate Mozi 墨子 — count: 68
• 卷六十五　志第十七上: 河渠二 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 48
• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 卷十二 王劉張李彭盧列傳 Volume 12: Biographies of Wang, Liu, Zhang, Li, Peng, Lu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 32
• 卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 32
• 卷一百八十九 志第一百四十二 兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷二 越絕外傳記吳地傳第三 Scroll 2 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 24
• 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24

Collocations

• 步一 (步一) 五步一壘 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 54
• 百步 (百步) 百步則一 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 39
• 十步 (十步) 十步一長鎌 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 22
• 五十步 (五十步) 又五十步為一表 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 20
• 五步 (五步) 驅之五步而立 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 19
• 三十步 (三十步) 當今東田百四十六畝三十步 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 10
• 步中 (步中) 周置二步中 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 8
• 二步 (二步) 城上二步一渠 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 8
• 三步 (三步) 三步則止 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 8
• 二十步 (二十步) 二十步一 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 7