| 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 | 退回 | 退回 | tuì huí | tui4 hui2 | to return (an item); to send back; to go back | | |
| 6 | 退房 | 退房 | tuì fáng | tui4 fang2 | to check out of a hotel room | | |
| 7 | 退火 | 退火 | tuì huǒ | tui4 huo3 | annealing (metallurgy) | | |
| 8 | 退换货 | 退換貨 | tuì huàn huò | tui4 huan4 huo4 | to return a product for another item | | |
| 9 | 退院 | 退院 | tuì yuàn | tui4 yuan4 | to leave the hospital; (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery | | |
| 10 | 退还 | 退還 | tuì huán | tui4 huan2 | to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate | | |
| 11 | 退黑激素 | 退黑激素 | tuì hēi jī sù | tui4 hei1 ji1 su4 | melatonin | | |
| 12 | 退归林下 | 退歸林下 | tuì guī lín xià | tui4 gui1 lin2 xia4 | to retire from public life (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 退关 | 退關 | tuì guān | tui4 guan1 | shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft | | |
| 14 | 退耕还林 | 退耕還林 | tuì gēng huán lín | tui4 geng1 huan2 lin2 | restoring agricultural land to forest; restoring agricultural land to forest | | |
| 15 | 退格键 | 退格鍵 | tuì gé jiàn | tui4 ge2 jian4 | backspace (keyboard) | | |
| 16 | 退而求其次 | 退而求其次 | tuì ér qiú qí cì | tui4 er2 qiu2 qi2 ci4 | to settle for second best; the next best thing | | |
| 17 | 退订 | 退訂 | tuì dìng | tui4 ding4 | to cancel (a booking); to unsubscribe (from a newsletter etc) | | |
| 18 | 退党 | 退黨 | tuì dǎng | tui4 dang3 | to withdraw from a political party | | |
| 19 | 退出运行 | 退出運行 | tuì chū yùn xíng | tui4 chu1 yun4 xing2 | to decommission | | |
| 20 | 退潮 | 退潮 | tuì cháo | tui4 chao2 | (of a tide) to ebb or go out | | |
| 21 | 退场 | 退場 | tuì chǎng | tui4 chang3 | 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 | | |
| 22 | 退步 | 退步 | tuì bù | tui4 bu4 | to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback | | |
| 23 | 退冰 | 退冰 | tuì bīng | tui4 bing1 | to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature | | |
| 24 | 退避三舍 | 退避三捨 | tuì bì sān shè | tui4 bi4 san1 she4 | lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal | | |
| 25 | 退避 | 退避 | tuì bì | tui4 bi4 | to withdraw | | |