后退
hòutuì
to retreat, to move back
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 听到爆炸声后，围观群众立刻后退到警戒线以外。 Tīngdào bàozhà shēng hòu, wéiguān qúnzhòng lìkè hòutuì dào jǐngjièxiàn yǐwài. After hearing the explosion, the onlookers immediately retreated beyond the cordon.
- 前面的路被水淹了，司机只好把车慢慢后退。 Qiánmiàn de lù bèi shuǐ yān le, sījī zhǐhǎo bǎ chē mànmàn hòutuì. The road ahead was flooded, so the driver had to slowly back the car up.
- 请大家后退一步，让孩子先过去。 Qǐng dàjiā hòutuì yí bù, ràng háizi xiān guòqù. Please everyone take a step back and let the child pass first.
Related words
- 后 hòu behind, after
- 后边 hòubian back, behind
- 后天 hòutiān the day after tomorrow
- 最后 zuìhòu last; finally
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 今后 jīnhòu from now on; in the future
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 以后 yǐhòu later; after
- 背后 bèihòu behind; behind one's back
- 后果 hòuguǒ consequences
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 后年 hòunián the year after next