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步驟

简步骤 · 繁步驟

Mandarin · pinyin bù zhòu

procedure
step

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步: bù · step, pace; walk, stroll
驟: Look up this written character
骤: zhòu · procedure; gallop; sudden(ly)

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4–4 · bu4 zhou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou6 zaau6 · bou6 zau6

Cantonese word readings for 步驟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

steps; procedure

verb

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

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