Chinese symbol for “retrograde”

退行性

tuì xíng xìng

degenerative; retrograde

The closest CC-CEDICT match for retrograde is 退行性 (tuì xíng xìng), defined as: degenerative; retrograde.

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Characters and stroke order

退 tuì

to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

行 xíng

to go, to walk, to move; professional

radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 退行性.

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退役	tuì yì	(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
进行 (進行)	jìn xíng	(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)	jǔ xíng	to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

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.