步數

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (步數)		步	數
simp. (步数)		步	数

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): buô-só
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou⁴ sieo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-sò͘

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buô-só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puo²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lou²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bou⁴ sieo⁴ [Phonetic: bou¹ lieo⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̍-sa̤̍u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)lieu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxsox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/

Noun

步數

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) way; channel; means; measure
2. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) move (in chess, etc.)

Synonyms

• (way):

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• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 撇步 (Hokkien, secret method)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 步拍 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào) (secret method)
• 訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
• 進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
• 門道 / 门道 (méndao)
• 門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

• (move): 招數／招数 (zhāoshù), 著數／着数 (zhāoshù)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “步数”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 59.