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
退步
tuìbù
to regress; to fall behind
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果教学只追求速度，学生的理解能力反而可能退步。 Rúguǒ jiàoxué zhǐ zhuīqiú sùdù, xuéshēng de lǐjiě nénglì fǎn'ér kěnéng tuìbù. If teaching only pursues speed, students' ability to understand may actually regress.
- 这几个月他很少练习，钢琴弹得明显退步了。 Zhè jǐ gè yuè tā hěn shǎo liànxí, gāngqín tán de míngxiǎn tuìbù le. He has practised very little these past few months, and his piano playing has clearly regressed.
- 妈妈担心他最近成绩退步，每天陪他复习。 Māma dānxīn tā zuìjìn chéngjì tuìbù, měitiān péi tā fùxí. His mother worries that his grades have slipped recently and reviews his lessons with him every day.
Related words
- 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
- 撤退 chètuì to retreat; to withdraw
- 辞退 cítuì to dismiss; to fire
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken
- 衰退 shuāituì to decline; to recede; recession
- 退化 tuìhuà to degenerate; to deteriorate
- 退回 tuìhuí to return; to send back