退守

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to guard
trad. (退守)		退	守
simp. #(退守)		退	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-siú / thòe-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-shou³
    • Yale: twèi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshoou
    • Palladius: туйшоу (tujšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ sau²
    • Yale: teui sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-siú / thòe-siú
    • Tâi-lô: thè-siú / thuè-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teasiuo, toeasiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹/

Verb

退守

1. (archaic) to retreat and make a stand; to withdraw and hold one's ground