# 步驟
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùzhòu, bùzòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^6$ zau$^6$ / bou$^6$ zaau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-chō / pō͘-chō͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhòu
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-chou$^4$
*** Yale: bù-jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhjow
*** Palladius: бучжоу (bučžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùzòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùzòu
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-tsou$^4$
*** Yale: bù-dzòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhtzow
*** Palladius: буцзоу (buczou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^6$ zau$^6$ / bou$^6$ zaau$^6$
*** Yale: bouh jauh / bouh jaauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^6$ dzau$^6$ / bou$^6$ dzaau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^6$ zeo$^6$ / bou$^6$ zao$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯²² t͡sɐu̯²²/, /pou̯²² t͡saːu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō
*** Tâi-lô: pōo-tsō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poxzoi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-chō͘
*** Tâi-lô: pōo-tsōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poxzo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔ²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³/
* Middle Chinese: buH dzrjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 步 | 驟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 薄故切 | 鋤佑切 |
| Baxter | buH | dzrjuwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buo$^H$/ | /d͡ʒɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buo$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bo$^H$/ | /d͡ʒiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɔ$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bo$^H$/ | /d͡ʒiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bu$^H$/ | /d͡ʒĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuo$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bù | zhòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^6$ | zau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-bˤa-s N-tsˤroʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːs zrus/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 步 | 驟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bù | zhòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bu$^H$ › | ‹ dzrjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-bˁa-s/ | /*N-tsˁroʔ-s/ |
| English | step | fast-running |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 步 | 驟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1051 | 10644 |
| Phonetic component | 步 | 取 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 捕 | |
| Old Chinese | /*baːs/ | /*zrus/ |

### Noun

步驟
* steps; procedure

#### Synonyms

* 工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
* 序次 (xùcì)
* 條理／条理 (tiáolǐ)
* 次序 (cìxù)
* 步數／步数 (Min Nan)
* 治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
* 秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
* 程序 (chéngxù)
* 節次／节次 (jiécì)
* 編次／编次 (biāncì)
* 順序／顺序 (shùnxù)
* 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)

### Verb

步驟
* (literary) to walk slowly and quickly
* (literary) to walk
* (literary) to imitate