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
退却
tuìquè
to retreat; to shrink back
Characters in this word
却 què
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 卩 — seal
- Made of
- 去 to go away, to leave, to depart 卩 seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对强敌，部队没有退却，而是在夜色掩护下重新组织防线。 Miànduì qiángdí, bùduì méiyǒu tuìquè, ér shì zài yèsè yǎnhù xià chóngxīn zǔzhī fángxiàn. Facing a powerful enemy, the troops did not retreat, but reorganised their defensive line under cover of night.
- 遇到困难时他从不退却，总是坚持到底。 Yùdào kùnnán shí tā cóngbú tuìquè, zǒngshì jiānchí dàodǐ. When he runs into difficulties he never shrinks back; he always perseveres to the end.
- 天气突然恶化，登山队决定退却到山脚下的营地。 Tiānqì tūrán ěhuà, dēngshānduì juédìng tuìquè dào shānjiǎo xià de yíngdì. The weather suddenly worsened, so the climbing team decided to fall back to the camp at the foot of the mountain.
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
- 退化 tuìhuà to degenerate; to deteriorate