HSK 6 · Verbs

让步 ràngbù “to concede” in Chinese

Traditional 讓步

What 让步 means

  1. to concede
  2. to give way
  3. concession
  4. to give in
  5. to yield
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (linguistics) concessive

How to say 让步

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale让ràng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale步bù4th tone, falling

让步 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆不会让步的。

    Tāngmǔ bú huì ràngbù de.

    Tom won’t back down.

    Sentence #13911376 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 让步 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 让 (ràng) with each of its parts in a different colour
让ràngto yield
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 上above · shǎngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 上 (shǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with ràng.

The character 步 (bù) drawn as one shape
步bùa step

步 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTwo feet, one in front of the other: a step.

How to write 让步

让 5 strokes · 步 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

让步 (ràngbù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 让步 (ràngbù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 让步

Words with 让

让ràng · to let转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)

Words with 步

跑步pǎobù · to run步bù · step散步sànbù · to take a walk进步jìnbù · progress退步tuìbù · to regress步骤bùzhòu · procedure逐步zhúbù · progressively初步chūbù · initial步伐bùfá · pace地步dìbù · extent

More words: Thinking & Talking

权衡quánhéng · to weigh up确信quèxìn · to be convinced区分qūfēn · to distinguish嚷rǎng · to shout饶恕ráoshù · to forgive认定rèndìng · to be convinced认可rènkě · to approve撒谎sāhuǎng · to lie

FAQs

让步 (ràngbù) means “to concede” or “to give way”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ràngbù: ràng with a 4th tone, then bù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 让步 is written 讓步. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rangbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 让步 from the suggestions. Typing rangbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
让步 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.