步
bùBù HSK3

step

步 bù frequency
step measure word
a single step, pace, or the physical act of walking or marching

他向前跨了一大步。

tā xiàng qián kuà le yī dà bù.

He took a big step forward.

stage measure word
a stage, phase, or step in a process or sequence of events

这是完成项目的最后一步。

zhè shì wán​chéng xiàng​mù de zuì​hòu yī bù.

This is the final step to complete the project.

situation measure word
a state of affairs or a position reached in a particular situation

事情既然已经到了这一步，我们只能尽力而为了。

shì​qing jì​rán yǐ​jīng dào le zhè yī bù, wǒ​men zhǐ néng jìn​lì'ér​wéi le.

Since things have come to this point, we can only do our best.

步 Bù
Bu proper name
surname Bu

步先生是这里的负责人。

Bù xiān​sheng shì zhè​lǐ de fù​zé​rén.

Mr. Bu is the person in charge here.

Cross-References

Has old variant

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)