退 tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
退休
tuìxiū
to retire
Characters in this word
休 xiū
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 爷爷退休了。 Yéye tuìxiū le. Grandpa is retired.
- 妈妈快退休。 Māma kuài tuìxiū. Mom will retire soon.
- 他明年退休。 Tā míngnián tuìxiū. He retires next year.
Related words
- 退 tuì to step back; to return
- 退出 tuìchū to leave; to withdraw
- 休息 xiūxi to rest; rest
- 休假 xiūjià to be on vacation
- 休闲 xiūxián leisure
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 就业 jiùyè to get a job
- 事业 shìyè career; enterprise
- 专家 zhuānjiā expert
- 专业 zhuānyè major; professional
- 职业 zhíyè profession
- 人员 rényuán staff; personnel