| | level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level | HSK 2 |
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| | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on | HSK 2 |
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| | to enter; to step into | HSK 2 |
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| | to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further | HSK 3 |
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| | a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation | HSK 3 |
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| | progressively / step by step | HSK 4 |
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| | maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 4 |
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| | to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | HSK 4 |
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| | steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) | HSK 4 |
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| | to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | footstep / step | HSK 5 |
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| | to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span | HSK 6 |
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| | to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote | HSK 6 |
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| | to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot | HSK 6 |
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| | to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up | HSK 6 |
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| | to step into / to enter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to step across / step over | HSK 7-9 |
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| | flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | procedure / step | HSK 7-9 |
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| | synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to take a step / to stride | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL: 道) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to step on; to tread on / to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc) / (slang) to dump (sb) / Taiwan pr. [deng4] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to intensify / to speed up / to step up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to set foot on / to step on or into | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pace / (measured) step / march | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship) | |
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| | to trip / to miss a step / to slip | |
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| | quick step | |
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| | to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage | |
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| | progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly) | |
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| | to advance; to step forward | |
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| | step by step / at every step | |
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| | (fig.) to step into; to enter | |
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| | to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍) | |
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| | to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage | |
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| | by stages / staggered / step by step / in installments | |
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| | to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) | |
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| | to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life | |
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| | to step on | |
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| | to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time | |
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| | lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one | |
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| | stepped fields / terracing | |
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| | to step forward bravely | |
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| | out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion | |
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| | step by step / little by little | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill | |
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| | in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate | |
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| | brief / short step | |
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| | step-parents | |
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| | to step out / to take a (first) step | |
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| | step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍 | |
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| | goose-step (for military parades) | |
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| | to take a (striding) step | |
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| | unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation | |
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| | to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary) | |
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| | one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave | |
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| | stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back | |
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| | to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) | |
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| | step / pace | |
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| | momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action | |
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| | (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter) | |
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| | striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut | |
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| | to take a step; to step forward | |
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| | stone step | |
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| | to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback | |
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| | gait / marching order / step / pace | |
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| | to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle | |
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| | to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray | |
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| | to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety | |
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| | to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up | |
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| | a step up / to rise to the next level | |
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| | to get out of the way / to step aside | |
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| | plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step | |
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| | cliff-ledge / stone step | |
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| | step / terrace | |
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| | shoe / to step | |
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| | step across | |
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| | to step forward / to walk | |
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| | to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people) | |
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| | half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- | |
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| | to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent | |
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| | cross stream by stepping on stones | |
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| | to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach | |
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| | to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot | |
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| | numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) | |
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| | to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | to step / walk reverently | |
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| | to step into the new year / New Year | |
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| | to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze) | |
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| | to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down | |
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| | (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car) | |
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