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退
Trad. 退
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 辵
Strokes 7
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 艮辶
辶 + 艮
Prononciation
Mandarin tuì
Entry Methods
Pinyin tui4
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Cangjie
 YAV
卜日女
Sijiao 3730.3
Wubi VEPI
CNS 11643 1-584D
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+9000
GB2312 CDCB
BIG5 B068
HSK
Level 5
退 tuì to retreat / to withdraw / to reject / to return (sth) / to decline
Results beginning with 退
退出 tuì chū to withdraw / to abort / to quit / to log out (computing)
退休 tuì xiū to retire (from the workforce) / to go into retirement
退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back
退货 tuì huò to return merchandise / to withdraw a product
退役 tuì yì (of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
退还 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc) / to send back / to refund / to rebate
退税 tuì shuì tax rebate or refund
退缩 tuì suō to shrink back / to cower
退后 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions
退学 tuì xué to quit school
退款 tuì kuǎn to refund / refund
退下 tuì xià to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down
退化 tuì huà to degenerate / atrophy
退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway
退换 tuì huàn to exchange (a purchased item)
退伍 tuì wǔ to be discharged from military service
退订 tuì dìng to cancel (a booking) / to unsubscribe (from a newsletter etc)
退房 tuì fáng to check out of a hotel room
退却 tuì què to retreat / to shrink back
退让 tuì ràng to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concede
退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback
退票 tuì piào to bounce (a check) / to return a ticket / ticket refund
退场 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
退位 tuì wèi to abdicate
退潮 tuì cháo (of a tide) to ebb or go out
退守 tuì shǒu to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard
退保 tuì bǎo to lapse (or terminate) an insurance
退避 tuì bì to withdraw
退烧 tuì shāo to reduce a fever
退火 tuì huǒ annealing (metallurgy)
退色 tuì sè variant of 褪色[tui4 se4] / also pr. [tui4 shai3]
退钱 tuì qián to refund money
退热 tuì rè to reduce a fever
退党 tuì dǎng to withdraw from a political party
退租 tuì zū to stop leasing
退席 tuì xí to absent oneself from a meeting / to decline to attend
退行 tuì xíng to recede / to degenerate / to regress
退约  withdrawal from the Convention
退冰 tuì bīng to thaw (frozen food) / to bring to room temperature
退覆 tuì fù offlap
退关 tuì guān shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
退婚 tuì hūn to break off an engagement
退件 tuì jiàn to reject (visa application etc) / (commerce) to return to sender / item returned to sender
退缴 tuì jiǎo to make restitution
退落 tuì luò to subside
退耦 tuì ǒu decoupling
退片 tuì piàn to eject (media player)
退坡 tuì pō (intransitive) to weaken / to decrease / (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back
退群 tuì qún to withdraw from a group
退任 tuì rèn to retire / to leave one's position
退赛 tuì sài to pull out of the competition
退散 tuì sàn to retreat and scatter / to recede / to wane
退市 tuì shì to be delisted (of a listed stock) / to exit the market
退水 tuì shuǐ to divert water / to drain
退庭 tuì tíng to retire from the courtroom / to adjourn
退选 tuì xuǎn to withdraw from an election / to drop out of an elective course
退隐 tuì yǐn to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion / to retire
退院 tuì yuàn to leave the hospital / (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery
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退换货 tuì huàn huò to return a product for another item
退休金 tuì xiū jīn retirement pay / pension
退烧药 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
退行性 tuì xíng xìng degenerative / retrograde
退学率  dropout rate
退出者  dropout
退学生  school drop-out
退格键 tuì gé jiàn backspace (keyboard)
退热剂 tuì rè jì antipyretics
退思园 Tuì Sī yuán Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu
退下金 tuì xià jīn retirement pension
退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest
退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest
退休人员 tuì xiū rén yuán retiree
退伍军人 tuì wǔ jūn rén veteran
退休年龄  age at retirement
退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom) / fig. to give way in the face of superior strength / a strategic withdrawal
退却行动  retrograde operation
退休津贴  retirement allowance
退避三舍 tuì bì - sān shè lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun / to assiduously avoid
退出运行 tuì chū yùn xíng to decommission
退黑激素 tuì hēi jī sù melatonin
退居二线 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
退役库存 tuì yì kù cún decommissioned stocks
退而求其次 tuì ér qiú qí cì to settle for second best / the next best thing
退伍军人节 Tuì wǔ Jūn rén jié Veterans' Day
退休前讲座 tuì xiū qián jiǎng zuò pre-retirement programme
退出战斗行动  withdrawal
退伍军人协会  War Veterans' Association
退出印度运动 tuì chū yìn dù yùn dòng Quit
退休金双轨制 tuì xiū jīn shuāng guǐ zhì see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]
退休后福利基金 tuì xiū hòu fú lì jī jīn post-retirement benefit fund
退职国际公务员协会  Association of Former International Civil Servants
退伍军人事务高级顾问 tuì wǔ jūn rén shì wù gāo jí gù wèn Senior Veterans Affairs Adviser
退职国际公务员协会联合会  Federation of Associations of Former International Civil Servants
退休人员医药保险问题特设联合工作组  Joint Ad Hoc Working Group on After-Service Medical Insurance
退化林地的荒漠化和再造林问题专家会议  Expert meeting on desertification and reforestation of degraded forest lands
Approximate Results for 退
后退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat
撤退 chè tuì to retreat
倒退 dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse
衰退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics)
减退 jiǎn tuì to ebb / to go down / to decline
进退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
消退 xiāo tuì to wane / to vanish gradually
击退 jī tuì to beat back / to repel
辞退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire
告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old) / to ask for leave to withdraw / to ask to be excused
败退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat
早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
打退 dǎ tuì to beat back / to repel / to repulse
包退 bāo tuì to guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
隐退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish
引退 yǐn tuì to retire from office / to resign
劝退 quàn tuì to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
斥退 chì tuì to dismiss (from a post) / to expel from school / to order away (servants etc)
屏退 bǐng tuì to send away / to dismiss (servants etc) / to retire from public life
黜退 chù tuì to demote / to dismiss
促退 cù tuì to hinder progress
革退 gé tuì to dismiss from a post
回退 huí tuì to revert (computing) / to return (a package or letter) to the sender
快退 kuài tuì fast-rewind (media player)
裸退 luǒ tuì (neologism c. 2007) (of an official) to retire completely from all leadership positions
三退 sān tuì withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China
闪退 shǎn tuì (of an app) to crash
恬退 tián tuì contented / uninterested in wealth and glory
逐退 zhú tuì to drive back (attackers)
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衰退期 shuāi tuì qī recession (in economics)
包退换 bāo tuì huàn to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
撤退线 chè tuì xiàn withdrawal line / line of withdrawal
进退两难 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
知难而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like
打退堂鼓 dá tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
提前退休 tí qián tuì xiū early retirement
进退维谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
多退少补 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
不知进退 bù zhī jìn tuì not knowing when to come or leave (idiom) / with no sense of propriety
进道若退 jìn dào ruò tuì progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chpt. 41)
进退失据 jìn tuì shī jù no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / at a loss / in a hopeless situation
进退为难 jìn tuì wéi nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
进退无路 jìn tuì wú lù to have no alternative (idiom)
进退有常 jìn tuì yǒu cháng to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible
进退中绳 jìn tuì zhōng shéng to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible
双谷衰退  double-dip recession
遗传退化  genetic erosion
土地退化  land degradation
人为退化  human-induced degradation
大批撤退  mass exodus
蘅塘退士 Héng táng Tuì shì assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]
环境退化 huán jìng tuì huà environmental degradation
节节败退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì (economic) recession
进退不得 jìn tuì bù dé can't advance or retreat (idiom) / no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
进退自如 jìn tuì zì rú free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver
临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet
全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì to escape unscathed / to get through in one piece
森林退化 sēn lín tuì huà forest decay
生物退化 shēng wù tuì huà biodeterioration
套现退出 tào xiàn tuì chū cash out
土壤退化 tǔ rǎng tuì huà soil degradation
无路可退 wú lù kě tuì without a retreat route / caught in a dead end / having burned one's bridges
尾水消退 yǐ shuǐ xiāo tuì tail recession
直接退款 zhí jiē tuì kuǎn direct refund
中途退场 zhōng tú tuì chǎng to leave in the middle of the play / (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded
一退六二五 yī tuì liù èr wǔ see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4er4wu3]
消退排放量  recession discharge
恢复退化地  rehabilitation of degraded lands
提前退休金  early retirement benefit
枪口制退器 qiāng kǒu zhì tuì qì muzzle brake
小三劝退师 xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee
装药退紧闭 zhuāng yào tuì jǐn bì explosive venting
非战斗员撤退  non-combatant evacuation operation
正常退休年龄  normal retirement age
制止环境退化 zhì zhǐ huán jìng tuì huà counteract (v.) environmental degradation
海员退休金公约  Convention concerning Seafarers' Pensions
公务员退休制度  Civil Service Retirement System
美国退休人士协会  AARP
土壤退化全球评估  global assessment of soil degradation
旱地土地退化评估  Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands
全球土地退化评估  Global Land Degradation Assessment
处于衰退中的国家  country in recession
可以退回的玻璃容器  returnable glass container
世界退伍军人联合会  World Veterans Federation
世界人为土壤退化图  World Map of Human-induced Soil Degradation
欧洲退伍军人联合会  European Confederation of War Veterans
减少森林砍伐和退化  reducing deforestation and forest degradation
逆水行舟，不进则退 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
婴儿甲状腺功能减退 yīng r jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng jiǎn tuì infantile hypothyroidism
累计退休后福利金债务  accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation
森林退化问题联合倡议  Joint Initiative on Forest Degradation
临渊羡鱼不如退而结网 lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net
印度洋珊瑚礁退化项目 yìn duó yáng shān hú jiāo tuì huà xiàng mù Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean
荒漠化、土地退化和干旱  desertification, land degradation and drought
美国越战退伍军人基金会  Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
欧洲退休和老年人联合会  European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
学如逆水行舟，不进则退 xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì study is like rowing upstream &ndash / if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
土地退化融资信息搜索引擎  Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation
保护礁石和岛屿以防退化和开发  Protection of Reefs and Islands from Degradation and Exploitation
恢复退化森林生态系统专家会议  Expert Meeting on the Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest Ecosystems
减少森林砍伐和退化与加强环境服务  Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services in Tropical Forests
土地退化评估和绘图技术合作信托基金  Technical Cooperation Trust Fund on Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping
森林砍伐和退化的根本原因全球讲习班  Global Workshop on Addressing the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
保护礁石和岛屿以防退化和开发基金会  Foundation for the Protection of Reefs and Islands from Degradation and Exploitation
废除、终止、退出或暂停实施条约的理由  ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty
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