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

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 步步

1. step by step; at every step
2. gradually; little by little; progressively

Synonyms

• (gradually):

(deprecated template usage)

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• 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)