步子

See also: 歩子

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (步子)		步	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bù-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh.tzy
    • Palladius: буцзы (buczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ zi²
    • Yale: bouh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

步子

1. footstep; pace (act or movement of making steps)
2. step (distance covered by a step)
3. (figurative) pace; speed; rate

Synonyms

• (step): 步 (bù), 腳步／脚步 (jiǎobù), (archaic) 跬 (kuǐ)