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
退化
tuìhuà
to degenerate; to deteriorate
Characters in this word
化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
Example phrases
- 长期缺乏运动会使肌肉力量逐渐退化。 Chángqī quēfá yùndòng huì shǐ jīròu lìliàng zhújiàn tuìhuà. Long-term lack of exercise will cause muscle strength to gradually deteriorate.
- 有些动物长期生活在黑暗里，视力会慢慢退化。 Yǒuxiē dòngwù chángqī shēnghuó zài hēi'àn lǐ, shìlì huì mànmàn tuìhuà. Some animals that live in darkness for a long time slowly lose their eyesight.
- 医生说人上了年纪，身体机能会逐渐退化。 Yīshēng shuō rén shàngle niánji, shēntǐ jīnéng huì zhújiàn tuìhuà. The doctor says that as people get on in years, their bodily functions gradually decline.
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
- 退步 tuìbù to regress; to fall behind
- 退回 tuìhuí to return; to send back