脚
步

Footstep in Chinese: 脚步 (jiǎo bù)

jiǎo bù

footstep

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 腳步1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1footstep
  2. 2step

Stroke order

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脚
步

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄠˇ

jiǎo

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

脚步

Simplified

腳步

Traditional

Example sentences

See 脚步 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我听到了门外的脚步声。

    wǒ tīng dào le mén wài de jiǎo bù shēng。

    I heard footsteps outside the door.

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Related words

脚

jiǎo

foot

步

bù

a step

跑步

pǎo bù

to run

散步

sàn bù

to take a walk

步骤

bù zhòu

procedure

进步

jìn bù

progress

退步

tuì bù

to do less well than before

逐步

zhú bù

progressively

初步

chū bù

initial

步行

bù xíng

to go on foot

脚印

jiǎo yìn

footprint

步伐

bù fá

pace

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