撤退
chètuì
to retreat; to withdraw
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
- 指挥部判断补给线已经暴露，决定在天亮前撤退。 Zhǐhuībù pànduàn bǔjǐxiàn yǐjīng bàolù, juédìng zài tiānliàng qián chètuì. The command centre judged that the supply line had been exposed and decided to retreat before dawn.
- 天快黑了，登山队决定撤退到山下的营地。 Tiān kuài hēi le, dēngshānduì juédìng chètuì dào shānxià de yíngdì. It was getting dark and the climbing team decided to retreat to the camp at the foot of the mountain.
- 下棋时，他发现形势不利，只好先撤退再想办法。 Xià qí shí, tā fāxiàn xíngshì búlì, zhǐhǎo xiān chètuì zài xiǎng bànfǎ. During the chess game he saw the position was bad and had to pull back first and think of a way out.
Related words
- 撤回 chèhuí to withdraw, to recall
- 撤销 chèxiāo to cancel, to abolish
- 撤 chè to withdraw; to remove
- 撤离 chèlí to evacuate; to withdraw from
- 退 tuì to step back; to return
- 退出 tuìchū to leave; to withdraw
- 退休 tuìxiū to retire
- 后退 hòutuì to retreat, to move back
- 退税 tuìshuì tax refund
- 辞退 cítuì to dismiss; to fire
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken