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

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• 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

1. (literary) very short distance

Verb

步武

1. (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)
• 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)