步步

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (步步)		步	步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùbù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ bou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-phu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùbù
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: bù-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhbuh
  - Palladius: бубу (bubu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: bouh bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² pou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ pu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Adverb

步步

step by step; at every step
gradually; little by little; progressively

Synonyms

(gradually):

慢慢
浸 (literary)
浸漸／浸渐 (jìnjiàn) (literary)
浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)
漸次／渐次 (jiàncì)
漸漸／渐渐 (jiànjiàn)
稍稍 (shāoshāo)
逐步 (zhúbù)
逐漸／逐渐 (zhújiàn)

Derived terms

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