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退

tuì

HSK 5 Character

What 退 means

1. to retreat; to withdraw
2. to reject; to return (sth)
3. to decline

Example sentences

• 退后。
  Step back.
• 后退！
  Back off!
• 退出。
  Exit.
• 撤退！
  Retreat!
• 我退出。
  I quit.
• 我退休了。
  I'm retired.

Words starting with 退

• 退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
• 退步tuì bùto do less well than before; to make a concession; setback
• 退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort; to quit
• 退党tuì dǎngto withdraw from a political party
• 退学tuì xuéto quit school
• 退回tuì huíto return (an item); to send back; to go back
• 退还tuì huánto return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
• 退税tuì shuìtax rebate or refund
• 退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be…
• 退缩tuì suōto shrink back; to cower
• 退货tuì huòto return merchandise; to withdraw a product
• 退化tuì huàto degenerate; atrophy
• 退休金tuì xiū jīnretirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
• 退路tuì lùa way out; a way to retreat; leeway
• 退伍tuì wǔto be discharged from military service
• 退后tuì hòuto stand back; to go back (in time); to yield
• 退场tuì chǎngto leave a place where some event is taking place; (of an actor) to exit…
• 退票tuì piàoto bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund
• 退却tuì quèto retreat; to shrink back
• 退下tuì xiàto step down; to retire; to withdraw from one's role
• 退款tuì kuǎnto refund; refund
• 退让tuì ràngto move aside; to get out of the way; to back down
• 退换tuì huànto exchange (a purchased item)
• 退潮tuì cháo(of a tide) to ebb or go out

Words containing 退

• 撤退chè tuìto retreat
• 衰退shuāi tuìto decline; to fall; to drop
• 后退hòu tuìto recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
• 倒退dào tuìto fall back; to go in reverse
• 辞退cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge; to fire
• 进退jìn tuìto advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
• 消退xiāo tuìto wane; to vanish gradually
• 减退jiǎn tuìto ebb; to go down; to decline
• 早退zǎo tuìto leave early (before the stipulated finishing time); to retire early (from one's job)
• 进退两难jìn tuì liǎng nánno room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped…
• 击退jī tuìto beat back; to repel
• 打退dǎ tuìto beat back; to repel; to repulse
• 打退堂鼓dǎ tuì táng gǔlit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail
• 告退gào tuìto petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
• 促退cù tuìto hinder progress
• 包退bāo tuìto guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
• 回退huí tuìto revert (computing); to return (a package or letter) to the sender
• 引退yǐn tuìto retire from office; to resign
• 快退kuài tuìfast-rewind (media player)
• 清退qīng tuìto remove; to dismiss; to phase out; to return; to refund
• 革退gé tuìto dismiss from a post
• 包退换bāo tuì huànto guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
• 不知进退bù zhī jìn tuìnot knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
• 中途退场zhōng tú tuì chǎngto leave in the middle of the play; (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded

Characters that look like 退

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 逃táoto escape; to run away; to flee
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
• 逞chěngto show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme

Sounds the same

Read tuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 褪to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade…
• 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