HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	出來	出来	chū lai	come forward, issue, come up, step up, step to the fore, out (toward one), come_out, pop out, come out, rise, come to the fore, step forward, emergence, come forth, emerge
1	走	走	zǒu	scram, travel, foot, go away, evaporate, ankle, waltz, step, bugger off, etc., go through, leave, leak, run, buzz off, leg, pad, fork, visit, go, escape, lose flavor, work, call on, strike, sashay, trace, pursue, gang, lose shape/etc., get_along, come_along, walk, hoof it, lose flavor/shape/etc., leg it, let out, shape, drive, cover, take, get, hoof, move
2	超過	超过	chāo guò	overpass, overreach, outwalk, outstrip, overstep, outmarch, distance, pass, overstride, outpace, overtop, surpass, crown, exceed, overtake, preponderate, overrun, top, outrun, go_over, transcend, outrange, transgress, go past, break, excess, overhaul, overshine
2	道路	道路	dàolù	track, path, runway, steps, route, course, toby, road, thoroughfare, way
2	方法	方法	fāngfǎ	know-how, plan, attack, system, stepping-stone, manner, method, gateway, idea, measure, way, guise, key, wise, quomodo, plan of attack, tack, machinery, process, avenue, modus, how, means, channel, gate, approach, agency, gamesmanship, mode, medium, sort
2	進入	进入	jìnrù	go_into, get_in, debouch, get in, go into, move into, come_into, pass, step_in, lapse, get_into, set in, go in, get into, kick in, penetrate, intromission, pierce, come_in, come in, enter, entry, sink, impenetrate
2	走進	走进	zǒujìn	enter, step_in, walk in, go in
3	進一步	进一步	jìnyībù	go step further
3	跳舞	跳舞	tiào wǔ	hop, trip the light fantastic, trip, cakewalk, dancing, dance, saltate, hoof, step
3	退休	退休	tuìxiū	to retire, to go into retirement, to step down
4	步行	步行	bùxíng	hoof it, tread, ambulate, leg it, foot, pedestrianize, footslog, tramp, go on foot, hoof, step, locomote, walk
4	措施	措施	cuòshī	measure, demarche, corrective, move, step
4	促進	促进	cùjìn	rush, help, step_up, advancement, progress, acceleration, subserve, encourage, facilitate, anticipate, accelerate, assist, fillip, expedite, advance, promotive, boost, further, provoke, hurry, redound, cultivate, induce, hasten, catalyze, speed, promote, contribute, impel, promotion, push, forward, stimulate, whet
4	登	登	dēng	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)
4	階段	阶段	jiēduàn	staged, period, phase angle, stage, gradation, level, peg, grade, remove, phase, leg, step
4	臺階	台阶	táijiē	steps, flight of steps, step (over obstacle), fig. way out of an embarrassing situation, bench (geology)
4	逐漸	逐渐	zhújiàn	step_by_step, by degrees, gradually
4	逐步	逐步	zhúbù	step by step, progressively
5	草原	草原	cǎoyuán	veld, ley, steppe, plain, pastureland, pasture, grassland, lea, grass, campo, prairie, grazing land, grasslands
5	超越	超越	chāoyuè	overpass, get_ahead, outdo, overshoot, outstrip, overstep, excel, outgo, outgrow, outmatch, overpeer, surpass, tower, exceed, overrun, outrun, transcend, cut_across, forerun, outclass, soar, transgress, antecede, beggar, break, outdistance, surmount
5	等級	等级	děngjí	graduated table, rate, degree, graduation, gradation, ordering, magnitude, caste, grade, social status, ranking, order, class, gree, scale of measurement, step, stream, estate, station, rating, value, echelon, order and degree, ordered series, scale, rubric, notch, division, rank, order of magnitude
5	迴避	回避	huíbì	to shun, to avoid (sb), to skirt, to evade (an issue), to step back, to withdraw, to recuse (a judge etc)
5	腳步	脚步	jiǎobù	footfall, tread, pace, foot, footstep, step
5	拾	拾	shè	to ascend in light steps, to pick up, to collate or arrange, ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
5	手段	手段	shǒuduàn	resource, recourse, vehicle, wile, stratagem, gambit, artifice, instrument, twist, road, trick, ploy, shift, resort, polity, step, instrumentation, plan of attack, communication, artillery, finesse, means, channel, approach, implement, medium, gimmick, attack, device, refuge, method, instrumentality, stepping-stone, gateway, ministry, measure, way, tactic, expedient, quomodo, machinery, t
6	踩	踩	cǎi	tread, tramp, tromp, scrunch, trample, walk, step, step on
6	超出	超出	chāo chū	to exceed, to overstep, to go too far, to encroach
6	跨	跨	kuà	lead, go, bestride, straddle, go beyond, run, pass, extend, stride, ride, cut across, step
6	踏	踏	tà	tread, trample, stamp, step, step on
7	步驟	步骤	bùzhòu	process, instance, demarche, method, measure, approach, procedure, place, step, move
7	步伐	步伐	bùfá	pace, (measured) step, march
7	蹬	蹬	dēng	to step on, to tread on, to wear (shoes), (slang) to dump (sb), Taiwan pr. [deng4]
7	過頭	过头	guòtóu	to overdo it, to overstep the limit, excessively, above one's head, overhead
7	繼父	继父	jìfù	stepfather
7	繼母	继母	jìmǔ	stepmother
7	加緊	加紧	jiājǐn	to intensify, to speed up, to step up
7	階級	阶级	jiējí	state, social class, degree, people, gradation, echelon, persuasion, position, order, class, remove, social status, notch, parity, social rank, sort, step, condition, rank, social station
7	階梯	阶梯	jiētī	flight of steps, (fig.) a means of advancement, stepping stone
7	接軌	接轨	jiē guǐ	railtrack connection, to integrate into sth, to dock, to connect, to be in step with, to bring into line with, to align
7	進而	进而	jìnér	conj.: proceeding to the next step
7	邁	迈	mài	to take a step, to stride
7	門檻	门槛	ménkǎn	doorstep, sill, threshold, fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
7	踏上	踏上	tàshàng	to set foot on, to step on or into
7	逃避	逃避	táobì	get by, sidestep, get_around, weasel, fly, avoid, evade, ditch, shirk, evasive, fudge, escape, retreat, elude, put off, get off, skive, hedge, welsh, circumvent, wangle, duck, skirt, get away, get out, bilk, hide, ware, evasion, flee, parry, dodge
7	梯子	梯子	tīzi	ladder, stepladder
7	下臺	下台	xià tái	fall out of power, leave office, step down from the stage/platform
7	循序漸進	循序渐进	xúnxù-jiànjìn	in sequence, step by step (idiom), to make steady progress incrementally
7	足跡	足迹	zújì	slot, track, footprint, footstep, wake, footmark, trace, trail, spoor, step

CORE WORDS

step n.