後退

See also: 后退

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (後退)		後	退
simp. (后退)		后	退
anagram		退後／退后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòutuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ teoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-thòe / hō͘-thè / hō͘-thòe / hiǒ-thèr / āu-thòe / āu-thè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòutuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòutuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: hòu-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howtuey
    • Palladius: хоутуй (xoutuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ teoi³
    • Yale: hauh teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² tʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-thuè
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tʰue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-thè
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxtex
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰe¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰe²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxtoex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-thèr
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-thèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tʰə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: āu-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxtoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tʰue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-thè
    • Tâi-lô: āu-thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxtex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ tʰe²¹/

Verb

後退

1. to step back; to move back
2. to retreat

Synonyms

• (to step back): 退步 (tuìbù)

Derived terms

• 後退轉 / 后退转

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (後退):

• → Japanese: 後退(こうたい) (kōtai)
• → Korean: 후퇴(後退) (hutoe)