See also: 后退

Chinese edit

 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
retreat; to decline; to move back
retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (後退) 退
simp. (后退) 退
anagram 退後退后

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

後退

  1. to step back; to move back
  2. to retreat

Synonyms edit

  • (to step back): 退步 (tuìbù)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (後退):
  • Japanese: 後退(こうたい) (kōtai)
  • Korean: 후퇴(後退) (hutoe)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
退
こう
Grade: 2
たい
Grade: 6
kan’on on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)退(たい) (kōtai

  1. regress, regression, retreat, recession

Antonyms edit

Verb edit

(こう)退(たい)する (kōtai surusuru (stem (こう)退(たい) (kōtai shi), past (こう)退(たい)した (kōtai shita))

  1. to regress, to retreat

Conjugation edit

References edit

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