hòu​yí

backshifting; retroposition

  • created sense approved 后移/後移 · hòu​yí · backshifting; retroposition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后移 / 後移

    hòu​yí

    backshifting; retroposition

    to move backward; the process of shifting something towards the back or to a rear position (often used in linguistics or technical contexts)

    后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · behind 移 (literal) → 移 · yí · to move

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense