退
tuì HSK3

retreat

退 tuì
to retire verbnoun
to resign or retire from a position, job, or organization
to retreat verb
to move backward; to withdraw or pull back

他呼气，从地图上退了回来。

tā hū qì, cóng dì​tú shang tuì le huí​lai.

He exhaled and stepped back from the map.

to leave verbparticle
to exit or depart from a place or event (e.g., a meeting or room)
to return verb
to give back or refund something; to reject a purchased item or cargo

我是来退这双鞋的。

wǒ shì lái tuì zhè shuāng xié de.

I'm here to return these shoes.

to decline verbnoun
to decrease, fade, or ebb; to subside or disappear
to cancel verb
to break off or rescind an agreement, such as a marriage engagement or lease

我应该退掉这堂课的。

wǒ yīng​gāi tuì diào zhè táng kè de.

I should've dropped this class.

surname
a Chinese surname
modest
to be modest or unassuming; to yield or defer to others out of humility
to shed
to cast off; to shed or remove (hair, feathers, skin, etc.)

Cross-References

Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
723rd most common 265.0 per million
Movie subtitles
735th most common 173.4 per million appears in 53% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
47.5 per million appears in 17% of films
Written text
67.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9000

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)