退
tuì HSK3

retreat

退 tuì
retreat verb
to move backwards or withdraw from a position

士兵们接到了命令，开始向后退。

shì​bīng men jiē​dào le mìng​lìng, kāi​shǐ xiàng hòu tuì.

The soldiers received orders and began to retreat.

return verb
to give back or reject an object, such as a purchase

如果这件衣服不合适，你可以去商店退了。

rú​guǒ zhèi jiàn yī​fu bù hé​shì, nǐ kě​yǐ qù shāng​diàn tuì le.

If this piece of clothing doesn't fit, you can return it to the store.

subside verb
to recede or abate (of a fever or illness)

他的高烧终于退了。

tā de gāo​shāo zhōng​yú tuì le.

His high fever has finally subsided.

decline verb
to refuse or turn down an offer, invitation, or gift

他已经礼貌地退了那份厚礼。

tā yǐ​jīng lǐ​mào de tuì le nà fèn hòu​lǐ.

He has politely returned the generous gift.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)