退位

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (退位)		退	位
simp. #(退位)		退	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-ūi / thèr-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: twèi-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueywey
    • Palladius: туйвэй (tujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ wai⁶
    • Yale: teui waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: thè-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ui²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ ui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-uī

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• Middle Chinese: thwojH hwijH

Rime
Character	退	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他内切	于愧切
Baxter	thwojH	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuʌiH/	/ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoiH/	/ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɒiH/	/ɣiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwəjH/	/ɦjwiH/
Li Rong	/tʰuᴀiH/	/ɣjuiH/
Wang Li	/tʰuɒiH/	/ɣwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuɑ̆iH/	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuì	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi3	wai6

Verb

退⫽位 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to abdicate (the throne); to step down (as leader)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (退位):

• → Japanese: 退(たい)位(い) (taii)
• → Korean: 퇴위(退位) (toewi)
• → Vietnamese: thoái vị (退位)