步驟

See also: 步骤

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	sudden; suddenly
trad. (步驟)		步	驟
simp. (步骤)		步	骤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhòu, bùzòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zau⁶ / bou⁶ zaau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-chō / pō͘-chō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhòu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chou⁴
    • Yale: bù-jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhjow
    • Palladius: бучжоу (bučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzòu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsou⁴
    • Yale: bù-dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhtzow
    • Palladius: буцзоу (buczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ zau⁶ / bou⁶ zaau⁶
    • Yale: bouh jauh / bouh jaauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzau⁶ / bou⁶ dzaau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ zeo⁶ / bou⁶ zao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡sɐu̯²²/, /pou̯²² t͡saːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxzoi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-tsōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxzo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: buH dzrjuwH

Rime
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	薄故切	鋤佑切
Baxter	buH	dzrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buoH/	/d͡ʒɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/buoH/	/ɖ͡ʐiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/boH/	/d͡ʒiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔH/	/ɖ͡ʐuwH/
Li Rong	/boH/	/d͡ʒiuH/
Wang Li	/buH/	/d͡ʒĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuoH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-bˤa-s  N-tsˤroʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːs  zrus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ buH ›	‹ dzrjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-bˁa-s/	/*N-tsˁroʔ-s/
English	step	fast-running
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1051	10644
Phonetic component	步	取
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	捕
Old Chinese	/*baːs/	/*zrus/

Noun

步驟

1. steps; procedure

Synonyms

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• 工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
• 序次 (xùcì)
• 條理 / 条理 (tiáolǐ)
• 次序 (cìxù)
• 步數 / 步数 (Min Nan)
• 治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
• 秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
• 程序 (chéngxù)
• 節次 / 节次 (jiécì)
• 編次 / 编次 (biāncì)
• 順序 / 顺序 (shùnxù)
• 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)

 

Verb

步驟

1. (literary) to walk slowly and quickly
2. (literary) to walk
3. (literary) to imitate