Chinese symbol for “fallback”
退步
tuì bù
to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fallback is 退步 (tuì bù), defined as: to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 退步.
| 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| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned |
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fallback”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.