STEP    步子步

WALK FORWARDso as to RAISE A FOOT AND THEN PUT it DOWN AGAIN; AND DISTANCE TYPICALLY COVERED by this ACT.
PACEWALKMOVETREADPACESTRIDEPACESTRIDE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for the length of two steps is bù 步. 2. Kuǐ 跬／蹞／頃 refers to the ground covered by a single step, lifting only one foot.
Modern Chinese Criteria
步伐 步履 腳步 步子 步 半步 跬步 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • WALK　MOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS. (anc: 11/0, child: 16)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    STEP

    gressus refers to the step as the the action of a person who is walking.

    gradus refers to the step that has been taken.

    passus refers to the stap as the result of an action of a person who is moving forward, and often a regular step.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 561

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 281

    • Words (6 items)

    步  bù OC: baas MC: buo̝ 17 Attributions

    The general word for the length of two steps is bù 步.

      Syntactic words
    • vi:.post-:vadV{NUM}[.adN]N=humanthose who step so-and-so-many timesCH
    • nancient Chinese pace equivalent to two paces in our calculations, step; particularly: dignified steps or regular steps
    • n.red:adVallwith each step
    • nabacttaking so-and-so-many stepsCH
    • ncpost-V1{NUM}:postadV2to the extent of (so and so many) steps
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.adNNUM steps long/largeDS
    • vi:post-vadV{NUM}make a stepLZ
    蹞步  bù MC: -- buH OC: -- baas 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPsteps (generally)LZ
    • NPca (single) stepLZ
    • VPimove ahead step by stepLZ
    步  bù OC: baas MC: buo̝ 2 Attributions

    kuǐ bù

      Syntactic words
    • NPpace
    • NPadVby a single pace
    • viactmake a single pace (at a time)
    頃步  qǐng bù OC: khʷleŋʔ baas MC: khiɛŋ buo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVfor the space of time used for one step
    蹞頃跬  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
    頃  qīng OC: khʷleŋ MC: khiɛŋ
    跬  kuǐ OC: khʷeʔ MC: khiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • none pace (two of which make up one bù 步)
    跬  kuǐ OC: khʷeʔ MC: khiɛ
    跬蹞  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    Kuǐ 跬／蹞／頃 refers to the ground covered by a single step, lifting only one foot.

      Syntactic words
    • na stride, the ground covered when lifting one foot as one is walking along, step