Chinese symbol for “repulse”
打退
dǎ tuì
to beat back; to repel; to repulse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repulse is 打退 (dǎ tuì), defined as: to beat back; to repel; to repulse.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “repulse”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打退.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repulse”.
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.