进步 jìnbù▶ tiến bộ

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Thúc đẩy, thăng chức
• 改进Cải thiện
• 步骤bước
• 进口Nhập khẩu
• 退步Lạc hậu; chậm tiến
• 逐步dần dần

进步 is pronounced jìnbù and means “tiến bộ”. 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.