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
Hypernym
  • WALKMOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
    • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
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 ／

  • 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

步  bù OC: baas MC: buo̝ 17 AttributionsWD

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
步  bù OC: baas MC: buo̝ 2 AttributionsWD

kuǐ bù

    Syntactic words
  • NPpace
  • NPadVby a single pace
  • viactmake a single pace (at a time)
蹞步  bù MC: -- buH OC: -- baasLZ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPsteps (generally)LZ
  • VPimove ahead step by stepLZ
蹞頃跬  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
頃  qīng OC: khʷleŋ MC: khiɛŋ
跬  kuǐ OC: khʷeʔ MC: khiɛ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • none pace (two of which make up one bù 步)
頃步  qǐng bù OC: khʷleŋʔ baas MC: khiɛŋ buo̝ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadVfor the space of time used for one step
跬  kuǐ OC: khʷeʔ MC: khiɛ
跬蹞  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD

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

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