初步

Character by character

• 初chū8 strokesHSK 3beginning, initial, primary
• 步bù7 strokesHSK 2step, pace; walk, stroll

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 初步. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 步bùHSK 3

  a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation

• 初chūHSK 3

  at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

• 进一步jìn yī bùHSK 3

  to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further

• 进步jìn bùHSK 3

  progress; improvement; to improve; to progress

• 当初dāng chūHSK 3

  at that time; originally

• 最初zuì chūHSK 4

  first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally

• 脚步jiǎo bùHSK 5

  footstep; step

• 地步dì bùHSK 7

  stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); situation; leeway

• 散步sàn bùHSK 3

  to take a walk; to go for a walk

• 同步tóng bùHSK 7

  synchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with

• 步伐bù fáHSK 7

  pace; (measured) step; march

• 跑步pǎo bùHSK 3

  to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double

• 初中chū zhōngHSK 3

  junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)

• 步骤bù zhòuHSK 7

  procedure; step

• 步行bù xíngHSK 4

  to go on foot; to walk

• 步入bù rùHSK 7

  to step into; to enter

• 起步qǐ bùHSK 7

  to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)

• 逐步zhú bùHSK 4

  progressively; step by step

• 起初qǐ chūHSK 7

  originally; at first; at the outset

• 初期chū qīHSK 5

  initial stage; beginning period

• 初次chū cìHSK 7

  for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)

• 初级chū jíHSK 3

  junior; primary

• 让步ràng bùHSK 7

  to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive

• 徒步tú bùHSK 7

  to be on foot