Chinese symbol for “stride”
踏步
tà bù
stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stride is 踏步 (tà bù), defined as: stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stride”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迈 (邁) | mài | to step; to stride; (bound form) old; elderly |
| 纵步 (縱步) | zòng bù | to stride; to bound |
| 阔蹑 (闊躡) | kuò niè | to stride (formal writing) |
| 踔 | chuō | to get ahead; to stride |
| 蹽 | liāo | to run; to slip away |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 踏步.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 踏上 | tà shàng | to set foot on; to step on or into |
| 践踏 (踐踏) | jiàn tà | to trample |
| 踏实 (踏實) | tā shi | firmly-based; steady |
| 脚踏车 (腳踏車) | jiǎo tà chē | (Tw) bicycle; bike; 辆 (liàng) |
| 踏进 (踏進) | tà jìn | to set foot in; to tread (in or on) |
| 脚踏实地 (腳踏實地) | jiǎo tà shí dì | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stride”.
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.