步
bù HSK3

step

步 bù
to walk verb
to walk; to travel on foot; to march

那天我漫步时，我听到后面来了辆车。

nà​tiān wǒ màn bù shí, wǒ tīng dào hòu​miàn lái le liàng chē.

That day, while I was walking, I heard a car coming up from behind.

step noun
a step; a pace; the distance covered by a single step

许多人的目标是每天走一万步，这就是一个非常健康的目标。

xǔ​duō rén de mù​biāo shì měi​tiān zǒu yī wàn bù, zhè jiù​shì yī​ge fēi​cháng jiàn​kāng de mù​biāo.

Many people aim for 10,000 steps per day, which is a very healthy goal to have.

我走了一步，两步。

wǒ zǒu le yī bù, liǎng bù.

I took one step, two steps.

stage nounmeasure word
a stage in a process; a step in a set of instructions or a sequence of events; also used as a measure word for stages

解决这个问题的第一步是把事情写下来。

jiě​jué zhè​ge wèn​tí de dì​yī bù shì bǎ shì​qing xiě xià​lai.

The first step in solving this problem is to write things down.

[measure word] measure word
measure word for steps or paces

他向前走了三步。

tā xiàng​qián zǒu le sān bù.

He stepped forwards three paces.

to follow noun
to follow in someone's footsteps; to imitate
situation noun
a situation; a state of affairs; a condition, often a difficult one; also used as a bound form in 地步 dì​bù
[unit of length]
an ancient unit of length, often equal to five Chinese feet
to measure
to measure a distance by pacing it off
[surname]
the Chinese surname Bu
wharf
(literary) a pier or jetty; a place by the water for mooring boats
fortune
(literary) fate; destiny; one's lot in life
to calculate
(literary) to calculate or extrapolate, especially regarding the movements of celestial bodies

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Frequency
Character
Written text
349th most common 626.7 per million
Movie subtitles
590th most common 240.4 per million appears in 65% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
125.4 per million appears in 38% of films
Written text
109.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6B65

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)