步武

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	martial; military
simp. and trad. (步武)		步	武

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wu³
  - Yale: bù-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhwuu
  - Palladius: буу (buu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ mou⁵
  - Yale: bouh móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² mou̯¹³/

Noun

步武

(literary) very short distance

Verb

步武

(literary) to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

仿效 (fǎngxiào)
仿照 (fǎngzhào)
仿行 (fǎngxíng)
取法 (qǔfǎ)
宗法 (zōngfǎ)
師匠 / 师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
師法 / 师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
憲法 / 宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
憲章 / 宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
效仿 (xiàofǎng)
效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
效法 (xiàofǎ)
模仿 (mófǎng)
模效 (móxiào)
法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)