进步

Character by character

• 进jìn7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 進advance, make progress, enter
• 步bù7 strokesHSK 2step, pace; walk, stroll

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

Example sentences

• 她中文有进步。

  Tā Zhōng wén yǒu jìn bù

  She is progressing in Chinese.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 进行jìn xíngHSK 2

  to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute

• 进jìnHSK 1

  to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

• 进入jìn rùHSK 2

  to enter; to join; to go into

• 步bùHSK 3

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

• 进去jìn qùHSK 1

  to go in

• 进来jìn láiHSK 1

  to come in

• 进一步jìn yī bùHSK 3

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

• 进展jìn zhǎnHSK 3

  to make headway; to make progress

• 进攻jìn gōngHSK 6

  to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)

• 前进qián jìnHSK 3

  to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

• 先进xiān jìnHSK 3

  advanced (technology); to advance

• 推进tuī jìnHSK 3

  to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward

• 改进gǎi jìnHSK 3

  to improve; to make better; improvement

• 初步chū bùHSK 3

  initial; preliminary; tentative

• 进口jìn kǒuHSK 4

  to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)

• 进程jìn chéngHSK 7

  course of events; process

• 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

• 促进cù jìnHSK 4

  to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost

• 步伐bù fáHSK 7

  pace; (measured) step; march

• 跑步pǎo bùHSK 3

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

• 进度jìn dùHSK 7

  rate of progress