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进步 (jìn bù) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 5

进步 (jìn bù) is a Chinese word: to make progress, to improve. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 进步

动 dòng verb

to make progress, to improve

他的中文进步很快。

tā de zhōng wén jìn bù hěn kuài

His Chinese is improving very quickly.

形 xíng adjective

progressive; advanced

这个国家的教育制度很进步。

zhè ge guó jiā de jiào yù zhì dù hěn jìn bù

This country's education system is very progressive.

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Word breakdown

进 jìn — advance; move forward

步 bù — step; pace

Structure & writing
1 进 jìn — to move forward (opposite of 退)

进 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.1 辶 chuò — walk/movement radical, indicating motion or walking
辶 is a component in 68 characters
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1.2 井 jǐng — well (a deep hole dug into the ground to draw water, often with brick or stone-lined walls)
井 is a component in 4 characters

Stroke order

2 步 bù — footstep; the distance between two feet while walking
步 is a component in 2 characters

步 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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