进步

jìn bù

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Common

Definitions

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

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 退步 tuì bù 退步 tuì bù to do less well than before 与进步相反，指落后或倒退: to do less well than before

Related words

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• 发展 fā zhǎn 发展 fā zhǎn development 指事物由小到大、由低级到高级的变化，与进步相关但更宏观: development

Synonyms

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• 进展 jìn zhǎn 进展 jìn zhǎn to make headway; to make progress 指事物向前发展，常用于工作、项目等: to make headway; to make progress

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“有”搭配，表示取得进展，如“有进步”；也可与“大”搭配，表示进步很大，如“进步很大”。

Common mistakes

“进步”是离合词，可说“进了步”，但不能带宾语，不能说“进步了技术”，应该说“技术有了进步”。

Example Sentences

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看到学生 进步 ，老师感到很欣慰。

Seeing the students make progress, the teacher felt very gratified.

民主是社会 进步 的标志。

Democracy is a sign of social progress.

完善法制是社会 进步 的重要标志。

Improving the legal system is an important sign of social progress.

我们要自强不息，不断 进步 。

We must strive unremittingly and keep improving.

我们的起点很低，但是 进步 很快。

Our starting point was very low, but we progressed quickly.

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Words Containing 进步

• 新年进步 新年进步 xīn nián jìn bù: Happy New Year!
• 民主进步党 民主进步党 mín zhǔ jìn bù dǎng: DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu: modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
• 进步主义 进步主义 jìn bù zhǔ yì: progressivism
• 进步号 进步号 jìn bù hào: Progress (name of Russian spaceship)
• 长足进步 长足进步 cháng zú jìn bù: rapid progress

Child Words of 进步

• 步 步 bù: a step
• 进 进 jìn: to go forward