Chinese symbol for “gait”
步调
bù diào
Traditional: 步調
gait; marching order; step; pace
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gait is 步调 (bù diào), defined as: gait; marching order; step; pace.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gait”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 步调.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
| 步骤 (步驟) | bù zhòu | procedure; step |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gait”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.