退 — Chinese character
退
tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
- Pinyin
- tuì
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 辶 艮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 艮
- Japanese
- 退 as a kanji
Common words with 退
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to fall back; to go in reverse |
| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned |
| 后退 (後退) | hòu tuì | to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat |
| 退回 | tuì huí | to return (an item); to send back |
| 退化 | tuì huà | to degenerate; atrophy |
| 退伍 | tuì wǔ | to be discharged from military service |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 退学 (退學) | tuì xué | to quit school |
English words written with 退
退 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 13 · Art of War 7 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 14 · Great Learning 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 69
- Analects 2.9
- Analects 7.28
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 10.3
- Analects 10.12
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