逐步

Chinese

		to pursue; to chase; individually to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (逐步)		逐	步
simp. #(逐步)		逐	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ bou⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tak-phu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tio̍k-pō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dog⁸ bou⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zoq-bu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúbù → zhúbu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄓㄨˊ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúbů
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-pu⁵
    • Yale: jú-bu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu.buh
    • Palladius: чжубу (čžubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ pu⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ b̥u³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: juhk bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² pou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tak-phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: dag` pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dag⁵ pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tak̚² pʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍k-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍k-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diogpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dog⁸ bou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to̍k pōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tok̚⁴⁻² pou¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zoq-bu
    • MiniDict: zoh^入 bu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq-bu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ bu²³/

Adverb

逐步

1. gradually; little by little; step by step; progressively

Synonyms

• 慢慢
• 步步 (bùbù)
• 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)
• 逐漸／逐渐 (zhújiàn)