步骤 bùzhòu procedure
procedure; step
How to remember 步骤: 步 a step + 骤 procedure = procedure.
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How it is used
- A step/stage in a procedure - 操作步骤 (cāozuò bùzhòu) operating steps, 按步骤进行 (àn bùzhòu jìnxíng) proceed step by step.
- Refers to the ordered stages of carrying something out; note the 骤 reads zhòu.
- Contrast 步 (bù, a footstep/step) and 程序 (chéngxù, procedure/program); 步骤 are the discrete stages of a process.