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
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| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned |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.
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