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散步

sàn bù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

散步 (sàn bù) means "to take a walk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 散步 means

1. to take a walk; to go for a walk

The characters in 散步

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk

Example sentences

• 我去了散步。
  I took a walk.
• 我陪她散步。
  I accompanied her on a walk.
• 他正在散步。
  He is taking a walk.
• 他出去散步。
  He's out taking a walk.
• 她去散步了。
  She went for a walk.
• 她想去散步。
  She felt like taking a walk.

Sounds the same

Read sàn bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 散布to disseminate

Where 散步 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sports & leisure (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sàn bù correctly.
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