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进步

jìn bù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 進步

进步 (jìn bù) means "progress; improvement". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 进步 means

1. progress; improvement
2. to improve; to progress

The characters in 进步

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk

Example sentences

• 你在进步。
  You're making progress.
• 你进步了。
  You've made progress.
• 齐莉有进步。
  Ziri made progress.
• 汤姆有进步。
  Tom made progress.
• 她正在进步。
  She's progressing.
• 她中文有进步。
  She is progressing in Chinese.

Words starting with 进步

• 进步号Jìn bù HàoProgress (name of Russian spaceship)
• 进步主义jìn bù zhǔ yìprogressivism

Words containing 进步

• 长足进步cháng zú jìn bùrapid progress
• 民主进步党Mín zhǔ Jìn bù dǎngDPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan); abbr. to 民进党
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòumodesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Where 进步 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Results, Progress & Development (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jìn bù correctly.
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