| 1 | 退 | 退 | tuì | tui4 | to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw | | |
| 2 | 退休 | 退休 | tuì xiū | tui4 xiu1 | to retire; retirement (from work) | | |
| 3 | 退出 | 退出 | tuì chū | tui4 chu1 | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) | | |
| 4 | 退化 | 退化 | tuì huà | tui4 hua4 | to degenerate; atrophy | | |
| 5 | 倒退 | 倒退 | dào tuì | dao4 tui4 | to fall back; to go in reverse | | |
| 6 | 后退 | 後退 | hòu tuì | hou4 tui4 | to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat | | |
| 7 | 撤退 | 撤退 | chè tuì | che4 tui4 | to retreat | | |
| 8 | 衰退 | 衰退 | shuāi tuì | shuai1 tui4 | to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics) | | |
| 9 | 减退 | 減退 | jiǎn tuì | jian3 tui4 | to ebb; to go down; to decline | | |
| 10 | 退回 | 退回 | tuì huí | tui4 hui2 | to return (an item); to send back; to go back | | |
| 11 | 回退 | 回退 | huí tuì | hui2 tui4 | to revert (computing); to return (a package or letter) to the sender | | |
| 12 | 节节败退 | 節節敗退 | jié jié bài tuì | jie2 jie2 bai4 tui4 | to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat | | |
| 13 | 复旧倒退 | 復舊倒退 | fù jiù dào tuì | fu4 jiu4 dao4 tui4 | to restore the old and retrogress (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 负咎引退 | 負咎引退 | fù jiù yǐn tuì | fu4 jiu4 yin3 tui4 | to assume responsibility and tender one's resignation (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 告退 | 告退 | gào tuì | gao4 tui4 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | | |
| 16 | 打退堂鼓 | 打退堂鼓 | dǎ tuì táng gǔ | da3 tui4 tang2 gu3 | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail | | |
| 17 | 斥退 | 斥退 | chì tuì | chi4 tui4 | to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc) | | |
| 18 | 打退 | 打退 | dǎ tuì | da3 tui4 | to beat back; to repel; to repulse | | |
| 19 | 仓皇退却 | 倉皇退卻 | cāng huáng tuì què | cang1 huang2 tui4 que4 | to retreat in haste (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 不知进退 | 不知進退 | bù zhī jìn tuì | bu4 zhi1 jin4 tui4 | not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety | | |
| 21 | 逐退 | 逐退 | zhú tuì | zhu2 tui4 | repulse | | |
| 22 | 不进不退 | 不進不退 | bù jìn bù tuì | bu4 jin4 bu4 tui4 | to neither advance nor retreat (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 避嫌引退 | 避嫌引退 | bì xián yǐn tuì | bi4 xian2 yin3 tui4 | to withdraw from a post to avoid suspicion (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 包退换 | 包退換 | bāo tuì huàn | bao1 tui4 huan4 | to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods) | | |
| 25 | 包退包换 | 包退包換 | bāo tuì bāo huàn | bao1 tui4 bao1 huan4 | to guarantee change of items or refund (idiom) | | |