步驟

See also: 步骤

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	sudden; suddenly
trad. (步驟)		步	驟
simp. (步骤)		步	骤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhòu, bùzòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zau⁶ / bou⁶ zaau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-chō / pō͘-chō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhòu
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chou⁴
  - Yale: bù-jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhjow
  - Palladius: бучжоу (bučžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùzòu
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsou⁴
  - Yale: bù-dzòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhtzow
  - Palladius: буцзоу (buczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ zau⁶ / bou⁶ zaau⁶
  - Yale: bouh jauh / bouh jaauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzau⁶ / bou⁶ dzaau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ zeo⁶ / bou⁶ zao⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡sɐu̯²²/, /pou̯²² t͡saːu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxzoi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxzo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³/

Middle Chinese: buH dzrjuwH

Rime
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	薄故切	鋤佑切
Baxter	buH	dzrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo^H/	/d͡ʒɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/buo^H/	/ɖ͡ʐiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bo^H/	/d͡ʒiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ^H/	/ɖ͡ʐuw^H/
Li Rong	/bo^H/	/d͡ʒiu^H/
Wang Li	/bu^H/	/d͡ʒĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuo^H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou⁶	zau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-bˤa-s N-tsˤroʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːs zrus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ bu^H ›	‹ dzrjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-bˁa-s/	/*N-tsˁroʔ-s/
English	step	fast-running
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	步	驟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1051	10644
Phonetic component	步	取
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	捕
Old Chinese	/*baːs/	/*zrus/

Noun

步驟

steps; procedure

Synonyms

工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
序次 (xùcì)
條理 / 条理 (tiáolǐ)
次序 (cìxù)
步數 / 步数 (Min Nan)
治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
程序 (chéngxù)
節次 / 节次 (jiécì)
編次 / 编次 (biāncì)
順序 / 顺序 (shùnxù)
頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)

Verb

步驟

(literary) to walk slowly and quickly
(literary) to walk
(literary) to imitate