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逐步

zhú bù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

逐步 (zhú bù) means "progressively; step by step". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 逐步 means

1. progressively
2. step by step

The characters in 逐步

• 逐zhú(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk

Example sentences

• 该病人正逐步康复。
  Gāi bìngrén zhèng zhúbù kāngfù.
  The patient is steadily recovering.
• 总线速度逐步回升。
  Zǒngxiàn sùdù zhúbù huíshēng.
  The bus picked up the speed gradually.

Sounds the same

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

• 竹布light cotton fabric

Where 逐步 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Argument, Debate & Advocacy (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 zhú bù correctly.
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