退休

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to rest
trad. (退休)		退	休
simp. #(退休)		退	休

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuìxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): teoi³ jau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hui¹ hiu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-hiû
• Eastern Min (BUC): tó̤i-siŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thè-hiu / thèr-hiu / thòe-hiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to³ hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisiou
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: twèi-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshiou
    • Palladius: туйсю (tujsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁴⁴ ɕiou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ jau¹
    • Yale: teui yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hui¹ hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³ hiu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-hiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui hiu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ hi̯u²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tó̤i-siŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰøy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hiw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-hiu
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰə²¹⁻⁴² hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toea'hiw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to³ hiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thò hiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiu³³/

Verb

退休

1. to retire (stop working on a permanent basis)

Synonyms

• 退役 (tuìyì) (from a sport)
• 退職／退职 (tuìzhí)
• 離休／离休 (líxiū) (of cadres and veterans)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 退休 (“to retire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退休
Mandarin	Taiwan	退休
	Wanrong	退休
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	退休
Cantonese	Hong Kong	退休
	Taishan	退休
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退休
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退休
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退休
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退休
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退休
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退休
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退休, 退老
Southern Min	Xiamen	退休
	Quanzhou	退休
	Zhangzhou	退休

Derived terms

• 退休村 (tuìxiūcūn)
• 退休金 (tuìxiūjīn)

 

References

• “Entry #6725”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.