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退 tuì

to retreat (step back)

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 5
Radical
辶
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 辶艮 ⿺辶艮

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  1. 爷爷去年退休了。
    Yéye qùnián tuìxiū le.
    Grandpa retired last year.
    grandpa last-year retire (particle)
  2. 你打算什么时候退休？
    Nǐ dǎsuàn shénme shíhou tuìxiū?
    When do you plan to retire?
    you plan what time retire
  3. 请往后退一步。
    Qǐng wǎng hòu tuì yí bù.
    Please step back one step.
    please toward back retreat one step
  4. 他的成绩最近有点退步。
    Tā de chéngjì zuìjìn yǒudiǎn tuìbù.
    His grades have regressed a bit recently.
    he (particle) grades recently a-bit regress
  5. 战场上，军队被迫撤退了。
    Zhànchǎng shàng, jūnduì bèi pò chètuì le.
    On the battlefield, the army was forced to retreat.
    battlefield on, army by force retreat (particle)

Words with 退 (7)