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; Xiang 2023, pp. 9-10)
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

• 步砌 to walk
• 跑步 to run; to walk quickly; to march
• 横断步道(橫斷步道) pedestrian crossing
• 步犁 walking plow
• 同步 to keep in step with ; synchronized
• 步调(步調) gait; marching order; step; pace
• 步兵 infantry; foot soldier ; Infantry Commander
• 踱方步 to pace; to stroll
• 急步 walking hastily
• 徒步区(徒步區) car-free zone; pedestrian zone
• 大步 large strides
• 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
• 平步青云(平步青雲) to rapidly go up in the world; meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
• 阔步(闊步) to stride forward
• 举步(舉步) to move forward
• 蹲马步(蹲馬步) to do a martial-art squat
• 足步 a footstep; a step
• 江东独步(江東獨步) unrivaled ability or eloquence
• 饭后百步走，活到九十九(飯後百步走，活到九十九) walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life
• 异步传输模式(異步傳輸模式) asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
• 转步(轉步) to turn around
• 故步自封 stuck in the old ways; refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative
• 则步隆(則步隆) Zabulon; Zebulun
• 跨步 to take a (striding) step
• 步进制(步進制) step by step system
• 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
• 步态蹒跚(步態蹣跚) to walk unsteadily
• 健步如飞(健步如飛) running as fast as flying
• 走步 to walk; to step; pace; traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
• 规行矩步(規行矩步) travel according to the compass and march according to regulation; follow rules and conventions
• 纵步(縱步) to stride; to bound
• 马步(馬步) horse stance (martial arts)
• 学步(學步) to learn to walk; to learn sth, making unsteady progress; to get started on the learning curve
• 徐步 to stroll; to walk slowly
• 展开地步(展開地步) to move away from an unfavorable situation
• 齐步(齊步) to match stride
• 俏步 pretty walk
• 步调一致(步調一致) to be united in action
• 社会进步(社會進步) social progress
• 敛步(斂步) to restrain motion; to check one's step
• 自动步道(自動步道) moving walkway; travelator
• 五十步笑百步 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps
• 步伐 a pace; a measured step
• 漫步者 rambler; a person strolling about
• 潜步(潛步) to secretly enter
• 逐步升级(逐步升級) escalation
• 步步为营(步步為營) to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step
• 停云慢步(停雲慢步) still clouds and a slow walk; very slow movement
• 长足进步(長足進步) rapid progress

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• 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
• 卷二 越絕外傳記吳地傳第三 Scroll 2 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — 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
• 三步 (三步) 三步則止 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — 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
• 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