退 (teoi3 | tui4) : move back; bow out

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退

teoi3

tui4

[1] move back; retreat; recede
[2] bow out; quit; retire
[3] give back; refund; return
[4] cancel; retract; withdraw

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

退

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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退下 teoi3 haa6 tui4 xia4 = to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down

後退 hau6 teoi3 hou4 tui4 = to retreat; recession, backlash

退學 teoi3 hok6 tui4 xue2 = drop out of school

退房 teoi3 fong4*2 tui4 fang2 = check out

全民退保 cyun4 man4 teoi3 bou2 quan2 min2 tui4 bao3 = universal retirement protection

退休 teoi3 jau1 tui4 xiu1 = to retire

衰退 seoi1 teoi3 shuai1 tui4 = decline; fall; recession; drop; falter

撤退 cit3 teoi3 che4 tui4 = to retreat; to withdraw; to pull out

倒退 dou3 teoi3 dao4 tui4 = go backwards; regressive

退出 teoi3 ceot1 tui4 chu1 = to withdraw; to secede; to quit; to bow out; to abort

退還 teoi3 waan4 tui4 huan2 = to return; to send back

敗退 baai6 teoi3 bai4 tui4 = retreat in defeat

退步 teoi3 bou6 tui4 bu4 = degenerate; regress

退稅 teoi3 seoi3 tui4 shui4 = back tax; bonification; drawback for duties paid; duty drawback; refund of duty; refunds and rebates

退讓 teoi3 joeng6 tui4 rang4 = concede; give in; give way; step aside; yield

打退堂鼓 daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2 = back out

水退 seoi2 teoi3 = low tide; water recedes

退貨 teoi3 fo3 = a refund

退熱 teoi3 jit6 = to come down with a fever/temperature

退燒 teoi3 siu1 tui4 shao1 = to reduce fever

退後 teoi3 hau6 tui4 hou4 = to retreat 國

退休金 teoi3 jau1 gam1 tui4 xiu1 jin1 = pension; retirement fund

退出運行 teoi3 ceot1 wan6 haang4 tui4 chu1 yun4 xing2 = decommission

自願提早退休計劃 zi6 jyun6 tai4 zou2 teoi3 jau1 gai3 waak6 = voluntary early retirement package

退選 teoi3 syun2 tui4 xuan3 = withdrawal/withdraw from an election

退縮 teoi3 suk1 tui4 suo1 = flinch, cower

學如逆水行舟，不進則退 hok6 jyu4 jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1, bat1 zeon3 zak1 teoi3 = Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back.

擊退 gik1 teoi3 ji2 tui4 (Taiwan), ji1 tui4 (PRC) = to beat back; to repel

退而求其次 teoi3 ji4 kau4 kei4 ci3 tui4 er2 qiu2 qi2 ci4 = next best thing

進退兩難 zeon3 teoi3 leong5 naan4 jin4 tui4 liang3 nan2 = in a dilemma

退㷫 teoi3 hing3 = to cause the fever to lessen in severity in a sick person 粵

遲到早退 ci4 dou3 zou2 teoi3 = to arrive late but to leave early

減退 gaam2 teoi3 jian3 tui4 = to ebb; to go down; to decline

退化 teoi3 faa3 tui4 hua4 = to degenerate; to atrophy

退伍軍人 teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 = a demobilized soldier; an ex-serviceman; a veteran

退伍 teoi3 ng5 tui4 wu3 = disbandment

退避 teoi3 bei6 tui4 bi4 = withdraw and keep off; keep out of the way

退役 teoi3 jik6 tui4 yi4 = to retire

退入範圍 teoi3 jap6 faan6 wai4 tui4 ru4 fan4 wei2 = building setback

知難而退 zi1 naan4 ji4 teoi3 zhi1 nan2 er2 tui4 = to retreat or give up after realizing one is up against unfavourable circumstances

退款 teoi3 fun2 tui4 kuan3 = to reimburse; refund; drawback; reimbursement

退潮 teoi3 ciu4 tui4 chao2 = the ebb tide; low tide

退租 teoi3 zou1 tui4 zu1 = terminate a tenancy

退婚 teoi3 fan1 tui4 hun1 = back out of marriage engagment

退位 teoi3 wai6 tui4 wei4 = to abdicate (the throne)

退路 teoi3 lou6 tui4 lu4 = a way out; a way to retreat; leeway

告退 gou3 teoi3 gao4 tui4 = request permission to be dismissed

退院 teoi3 jyun2 = leave a nursing home (老人院)

經濟衰退 ging1 zai3 seoi1 teoi3 jing1 ji4 shuai1 tui4 = economic recession

威廉退爾 wai1 lim4 teoi3 ji5 = William Tell

退燒藥 teoi3 siu1 joek6 tui4 shao1 yao4 = antipyretic

退伍軍人症 teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 zing3 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 zheng4 = legionnaire's disease

急流勇退 gap1 lau4 jung5 teoi3 ji2 liu2 yong3 tui4 = beat a hasty retreat

進退維谷 zeon3 teoi3 wai4 guk1 jin4 tui4 wei2 gu3 = in a dilemma; between a rock and a hard place

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經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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