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HSK 3 · Change & Development

进步

jìn bù

progress; to improve

Stroke order of 进步

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

进 · 7 strokes步 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Advancing (进) one step (步) at a time is progress.

Parts: 进 advance; 步 step (止 foot + 少)

The characters in 进步

  • 进 jìn — to enter (7 strokes)
  • 步 bù — step; pace (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你的汉语进步很大。

Your Chinese has improved a lot.

Words with 进

请进please come in进to enter进来to come in进去to go in进行to carry out进入to enter走进to walk into前进to go forward; to advance先进advanced进展progress; to make progress进一步further改进to improve推进to push forward

Words with 步

跑步to run; to jog进一步further初步initial; preliminary步step; pace散步to take a walk

More words: Change & Development

变化change; to change变为to become; to turn into转变to change; to transform化to change into; -ize现代化modernization发展to develop; development发达developed进展progress; to make progress进一步further改进to improve改造to transform; to rebuild修改to revise; to modify调整to adjust形成to form成长to grow up生长to grow

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