步伐

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
simp. and trad. (步伐)		步	伐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùfá, bùfā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚˊ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ fat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-hoa̍h / pō͘-hoa̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùfá
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùfá
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fa²
  - Yale: bù-fá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhfar
  - Palladius: буфа (bufa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    步伐
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùfa
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fa¹
  - Yale: bù-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhfa
  - Palladius: буфа (bufa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ fat⁶
  - Yale: bouh faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² fɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-hoa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-hua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxhoah
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² huaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ huaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ huaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ huaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ huaʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-hoa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-hua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxhoat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚²⁴/

Noun

步伐

(literally) step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other); pace
(figuratively) pace (rate at which something happens or develops); step
緊跟時代的步伐／紧跟时代的步伐 ― jǐngēn shídài de bùfá ― to keep in step with the times

Synonyms

(step; pace): 步調／步调 (bùdiào)
(Hokkien) 伐跤