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褪

tuì

Character

What 褪 means

1. to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers)
2. (of color) to fade
3. (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade
4. Taiwan pr. tùn

Other readings

褪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tùnto slip out of sth; to hide sth in one's sleeve

Example sentences

• 虽然激情可能会褪去，却不容它破坏我们感情上的联系。
  Suīrán jīqíng kěnéng huì tuìqù, què bù róng tā pòhuài wǒmen gǎnqíng shàng de liánxì.
  Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
• 大部分的字迹已经褪色，但仍可从这些句子中推敲出含意。
  Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.
• 林肯在向远比我们眼下分歧更大的国家发表讲话时说，我们不是敌人，而是朋友……虽然激情可能会褪去，但这不会割断我们感情上的联系。
  Línkěn zài xiàng yuǎn bǐ wǒmen yǎnxià fēnqí gèng dà de guójiā fābiǎo jiǎnghuà shí shuō, wǒmen bù shì dírén, érshì péngyou …… suīrán jīqíng kěnéng huì tuìqù, dàn zhè bù huì gēduàn wǒmen gǎnqíng shàng de liánxì.
  As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Words starting with 褪

• 褪色tuì sè(of colors) to fade; also pr. tuì shǎi
• 褪去tuì qùto take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc)…
• 褪下tùn xiàto take off (trousers); to drop one's pants
• 褪光tuì guāngmatte (of a color etc)
• 褪套儿tùn tào r(colloquial) to break loose; to shake off responsibility
• 褪黑素tuì hēi sù(biochemistry) melatonin
• 褪黑激素tuì hēi jī sù(biochemistry) melatonin

Characters built on 退

These share the phonetic component 退 (tuì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 腿tuǐleg
• 煺tuìto pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water

Characters that look like 褪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赫hèawe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 榻tàcouch
• 鹤hècrane
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read tuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 退to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 蜕skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate
• 駾approach at swift gallop (on horses)
• 煺to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water