退步

Chinese edit

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (退步)		退	步
simp. ^#(退步)		退	步

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuìbù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ bou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-phu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thèr-pō͘ / thè-pō͘ / thòe-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuìbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuèibù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: twèi-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueybuh
  - Palladius: туйбу (tujbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ bou⁶
  - Yale: teui bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu³ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ pou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tui pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ pu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thèr-pōo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thè-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tea'po
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thuè-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toea'po
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/

Verb edit

退步

to regress; to fall behind
to step back; to move back
to relent; to give in; to yield; to compromise; to concede

Synonyms edit

(to regress):

滯後／滞后 (zhìhòu) (mainland China)
落後／落后 (luòhòu)

(to step back): 後退／后退 (hòutuì)
(to relent):

促就 (Hokkien)
妥協／妥协 (tuǒxié)
放讓／放让 (Xiang)
讓步／让步 (ràngbù)
退讓／退让 (tuìràng)
遷就／迁就 (qiānjiù)

Antonyms edit

(antonym(s) of "to regress"): 進步／进步 (jìnbù)

Derived terms edit

退步性 (tuìbùxìng)

Noun edit

退步

escape route; route of retreat; way out
leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space

Synonyms edit

(escape route): 後路／后路 (hòulù), 後步／后步 (hòubù), 退步 (tuìbù), 退路 (tuìlù)
(leeway):

地步 (dìbù) (literary)
後步／后步 (hòubù)
後路／后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)
餘地／余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)