散步
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
散步 (sànbù) · to take a walk
散步 (sànbù) means “to take a walk; to go for a walk”. It is written with 2 characters: 散 (to break up) + 步 (step). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 散步 is built
The characters
散 sàn · to break up
What 散 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: A hand 攵 tossing seeds from a basket (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
步 bù · step
What 步 is made of
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — above
- ⺊ — structural part
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 上shàng — above
Origin hint: Modern form of 歨; putting one foot 止 in front of the other (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们晚饭后去散步吧。Wǒmen wǎnfàn hòu qù sànbù ba.Let's go for a walk after dinner.
你常常在哪儿散步？Nǐ chángcháng zài nǎr sànbù?Where do you usually go for walks?
Questions about 散步
What does 散步 mean?
散步 (sànbù) means “to take a walk; to go for a walk”.
How do you pronounce 散步?
散步 is pronounced sànbù.
Which HSK level is 散步?
散步 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 分散fēnsànto scatter
- 解散jiěsànto dissolve
- 扩散kuòsànto spread
- 散文sǎnwénprose
- 散布sànbùto spread
- 散发sànfāto give off
- 散sànto break up
- 初步chūbùinitial
- 进步jìnbùto make progress
- 进一步jìnyībùfurther
Learn 散步 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 19: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.