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步伐

bù fá

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

步伐 (bù fá) means "pace; (measured) step; march". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 步伐 means

1. pace
2. (measured) step
3. march

The characters in 步伐

• 步bùa step; a pace; walk
• 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against

Example sentences

• 我们真的得加紧步伐了。
  Wǒmen zhēn de děi jiājǐn bùfá le.
  We've really got to step on it.
• 汤姆加紧步伐以赶上火车。
  Tāngmǔ jiājǐn bùfá yǐ gǎnshàng huǒchē.
  Tom hurried so he wouldn't miss the train.
• 我们应该走出什么样的步伐。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi zǒuchū shénmeyàng de bùfá.
  What steps should we take?
• 我们应该走出什幺样的步伐。
  What steps should we take?
• 他迈着稳健的步伐登上了山丘。
  He was walking up the hill at a steady pace.
• 獾行进时步伐稳定，身体压得很低、贴近地面；旱獭则尤其在兴奋时会疾奔，身体呈波浪状起伏摆动。
  The badger travels steadily, with its body very low and close to the ground; the marmot, especially when excited, gallops along, with undulatory movements of the body.

Sounds the same

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

• 不乏there is no lack of

Where 步伐 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù–cái (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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