Chinese symbol for “pace”
步伐
bù fá
pace; (measured) step; march
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pace is 步伐 (bù fá), defined as: pace; (measured) step; march.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pace”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 踱步 | duó bù | to pace; to stroll |
| 踱 | duó | to pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. [duo4] |
| 盘桓 (盤桓) | pán huán | to pace; to linger |
| 步 | bù | a step; a pace |
| 配速 | pèi sù | (loanword) pace (when running) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 步伐.
| 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 |
| 讨伐 (討伐) | tǎo fá | to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against |
| 砍伐 | kǎn fá | to hew; to cut down |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pace”.
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.