告退

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (告退)		告	退
simp. #(告退)		告	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàotuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ teoi³
• Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-thòe / kò-thòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàotuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàotuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: gàu-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawtuey
    • Palladius: гаотуй (gaotuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ teoi³
    • Yale: gou teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ tʰɵy̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kortoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: kò-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirtoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰue¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹/

Verb

告退

1. (literary) to resign one's post
2. (literary) to request that one be allowed to depart
3. (literary) to announce one's departure

Synonyms

• (to announce one's departure):

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• 告別／告别 (gàobié)
• 告辭／告辞 (gàocí)
• 拜別／拜别 (bàibié) (literary, polite)
• 拜辭／拜辞 (bàicí) (literary, polite)

• 相辭／相辞 (Min Nan)
• 辭別／辞别 (cíbié) (literary)
• 辭行／辞行 (cíxíng)
• 送別／送别 (sòngbié)