Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

早退

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

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of "to leave early"): 遲到迟到 (chídào)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (早退):
  • Japanese: 早退(そうたい) (sōtai)
  • Korean: 조퇴(早退) (jotoe)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
退
そう
Grade: 1
たい
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From Sinitic 早退 (zǎotuì).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そう)退(たい) (sōtaiさうたい (sautai)?

  1. early leave
    Synonym: 早退き (hayabiki)

Verb edit

(そう)退(たい)する (sōtai suruさうたい (sautai)?suru (stem (そう)退(たい) (sōtai shi), past (そう)退(たい)した (sōtai shita))

  1. to leave work or school earlier than the end of the workday or schoolday
    学校(がっこう)(そう)退(たい)する
    gakkō o sōtai suru
    to leave school early

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
退

Noun edit

早退 (jotoe) (hangeul 조퇴)

  1. Hanja form? of 조퇴.