退
to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
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Dict coverage rank #635 U+9000
How 退 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
components: 辶 艮
How to remember it
retreat · Heisig RSH #1147
silver + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 眼 | yǎn | eyelet, hole, opening |
| 根 | gēn | root, basis, foundation |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to accompany, to follow; with |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 龈 | yín | gums |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 垦 | kěn | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 退
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无路可退 | wú lù kě tuì | without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges |
| 退行性 | tuì xíng xìng | degenerative; retrograde |
| 退出运行 | tuì chū yùn xíng | to decommission |
| 进退不得 | jìn tuì bù dé | can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma; stuck in a … |
| 进退无路 | jìn tuì wú lù | to have no alternative (idiom) |
| 进退自如 | jìn tuì zì rú | free to come and go (idiom); to have room to maneuver |
| 不知进退 | bù zhī jìn tuì | not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety |
| 全身而退 | quán shēn ér tuì | (idiom) to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece |
| 退市 | tuì shì | to be delisted (of a listed stock); to exit the market |
| 退水 | tuì shuǐ | to divert water; to drain |
| 退学 | tuì xué | to quit school |
| 退化 | tuì huà | to degenerate; atrophy |
| 退行 | tuì xíng | to recede; to degenerate; to regress |
| 知难而退 | zhī nán ér tuì | (lit.) to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); (fig.) to back o… |
| 三退 | sān tuì | withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of… |
| 退下 | tuì xià | to step down; to retire; to withdraw from one's role |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) |
| 进退为难 | jìn tuì wéi nán | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an… |
| 一退六二五 | yī tuì liù èr wǔ | see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4 er4 wu3] |
| 进退有常 | jìn tuì yǒu cháng | to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are pos… |