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退
Pinyin: tuì
English Definition: to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
Chinese Definition:
①向后移动，与“进”相对：退步。退路。退却。退让。倒退。
②离开，辞去：退席。退伍。退职。退休。引退。
③送还，不接受，撤销：退还。
④脱落：退色。退毛。减退。
⑤和柔的样子：退然。
⑥迟缓，畏缩：“求也退”。
Antonyms: 进 定
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 辵
Pictophonetic: 艮 indicates the sound; 辶 (walk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿺ Surround from lower left
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Example Words
退休 tuì xiū to retire; retirement (from work)
退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest
衰退 shuāi tuì to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
退回 tuì huí to return (an item); to send back; to go back
退化 tuì huà to degenerate; atrophy
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