| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce) / to go into retirement |   |
| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned | |
| 退下 | tuì xià | to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down | |
| 离休 | lí xiū | to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) | |
| 撤走 | chè zǒu | to retire / to remove / to withdraw / to evacuate | |
| 隐退 | yǐn tuì | to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish | |
| 敛迹 | liǎn jì | to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view) | |
| 退任 | tuì rèn | to retire / to leave one's position | |
| 退隐 | tuì yǐn | to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion / to retire | |
| 挂靴 | guà xuē | (sports) to hang up one's boots / to retire | |
