進退

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (進退)		進	退
simp. (进退)		进	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìntuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ teoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-thòe / chìn-thè / chìn-thèr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìntuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìntuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: jìn-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntuey
    • Palladius: цзиньтуй (czinʹtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ teoi³
    • Yale: jeun teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thè
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thèr
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-thèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰə⁴¹/

Verb

進退

1. to advance and retreat

Derived terms

• 不知進退 / 不知进退 (bùzhījìntuì)
• 進退不得 / 进退不得
• 進退中繩 / 进退中绳
• 進退兩難 / 进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)
• 進退失據 / 进退失据 (jìntuìshījù)
• 進退有常 / 进退有常
• 進退為難 / 进退为难
• 進退無路 / 进退无路
• 進退維谷 / 进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ)
• 進退自如 / 进退自如

Noun

進退

1. (figurative) sense of propriety