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步

bù · bu/Bù · bu

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Meaning

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bù 步

  1. a step
  2. a pace
  3. walk
  4. march
  5. stages in a process
  6. situation

Bù 步

  1. surname Bu
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Ten thousand steps

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)走了(zǒule)一万(yīwàn)步(bù)！

    I walked ten thousand steps today!

  2. Dengdeng

    哇(wa)！你(nǐ)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)走的(zǒude)？

    Wow! Where did you walk?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)都(dōu)在(zài)厨房(chúfáng)走的(zǒude)。

    I did it all in the kitchen.

  4. Dengdeng

    那么(nàme)小(xiǎo)的(de)厨房(chúfáng)，能(néng)走(zǒu)一万(yīwàn)步(bù)吗(ma)？

    In such a small kitchen? Ten thousand steps?

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)去(qù)冰箱(bīngxiāng)，每次(měicì)只有(zhǐyǒu)三步(sānbù)。

    I kept going to the fridge, and each trip is only three steps.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

从(cóng)出(chū)生(shēng)的(de)一(yí)刻(kè)开(kāi)始(shǐ)，我(wǒ)们(men)就(jiù)在(zài)步(bù)向(xiàng)死(sǐ)亡(wáng)。

As soon as man is born, he begins to die.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)在(zài)公(gōng)园(yuán)里(lǐ)跑(pǎo)了(le)步(bù)。

We ran in the park.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by blay_paul · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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