地步 meaning in English

dìbù

stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation

HSK 7-9noun13 strokes

Meaning of 地步

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìbù
  1. stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved)
  2. a (usu. bad) situation
  3. leeway

地步 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā还hái没méi有yǒu傻shǎ到dào相xiāng信xìn这zhè个ge故gù事shì的de地dì步bù。
He is not such a fool as to believe that story.
都dōu到dào了le这zhè地dì步bù,跟gēn他tā争zhēng论lùn也yě没méi有yǒu用yòng。
There was no point in arguing with him at this point.
我wǒ还hái没méi有yǒu钱qián到dào老lǎo能néng买mǎi便pián宜yi东dōng西xī的de地dì步bù。
I'm not rich enough to buy cheap stuff.
媒méi体tǐ对duì他tā所suǒ说shuō的de话huà断duàn章zhāng取qǔ义yì并bìng发fā展zhǎn到dào无wú法fǎ控kòng制zhì的de地dì步bù了le。
Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

地 de · -ly · 6 strokes

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步 bù · a step · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 地步.

地方dìfangregion; regional (away from the central administration)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
地点dìdiǎnplace; site
地图dìtúmap
地球dìqiúthe earth
地铁dìtiěunderground railway; subway; subway train
草地cǎodìlawn; meadow
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is
地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station
地区dìqūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system
当地dāngdìlocal
散步sànbùto take a walk; to go for a walk

Questions about 地步

What does 地步 mean?

地步 (dìbù) means "stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 地步?

地步 is made of 2 characters: 地 (6 strokes), 步 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 地步 an HSK word?

Yes. 地步 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.