退婚

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (退婚)		退	婚
simp. #(退婚)		退	婚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ fan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-hun / thòe-hun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèihun
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-hun¹
    • Yale: twèi-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyhuen
    • Palladius: туйхунь (tujxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ fan¹
    • Yale: teui fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hun / thòe-hun
    • Tâi-lô: thè-hun / thuè-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hwn, toea'hwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hun³³/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hun⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hun⁴⁴/

Verb

退婚

1. to break off an engagement; to call off an engagement

Synonyms

• 退親／退亲 (tuìqīn)
• 悔婚 (huǐhūn)
• (Min Nan) 退定