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Keyword
to retreat
  • to step back
  • to withdraw
Frequency
#839
Strokes
9
Readings
tuì100%
Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 艮 the sound.
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退出tuìchū
to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
退休tuìxiū
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
退tuì
to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
撤退chètuì
to retreat
衰退shuāituì
to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
倒退dàotuì
to fall back; to go in reverse
退役tuìyì
(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
后退hòutuì
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
退回tuìhuí
to return (an item); to send back; to go back
退化tuìhuà
to degenerate; atrophy
退伍tuìwǔ
to be discharged from military service
退休金tuìxiūjīn
retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
退学tuìxué
to quit school
退缩tuìsuō
to shrink back; to cower
击退jītuì
to beat back; to repel
退还tuìhuán
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
辞退cítuì
to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
退位tuìwèi
to abdicate
退后tuìhòu
to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
退步tuìbù
to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback
消退xiāotuì
to wane; to vanish gradually
退款tuìkuǎn
to refund; refund
退让tuìràng
to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede