进步 jìnbù▶ progreso

Stroke order

进步 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 进 — 7 strokes
• 步 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. progress; improvement
2. to improve; to progress

Related words

• 促进Promover; Ascender
• 改进Mejora
• 步骤paso
• 进口Importado
• 退步Atrasado
• 逐步gradualmente

进步 is pronounced jìnbù and means “progreso”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 进步 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.