早退

Chinese

		early; morning	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (早退)		早	退
simp. #(早退)		早	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎotuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² teoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎotuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎotuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: dzǎu-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaotuey
    • Palladius: цзаотуй (czaotuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² teoi³
    • Yale: jóu teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯³³/

Verb

早退

1. to leave early (from work, a meeting, etc.)
2. to retire at an early age

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to leave early”): 遲到／迟到 (chídào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (早退):

• → Japanese: 早退(そうたい) (sōtai)
• → Korean: 조퇴(早退) (jotoe)