退縮

See also: 退缩

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (退縮)		退	縮
simp. (退缩)		退	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìsuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ suk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-suk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thèr-sok / thòe-sok / thòe-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìsuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisuo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-so¹
    • Yale: twèi-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueysuo
    • Palladius: туйсо (tujso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ suk¹
    • Yale: teui sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-suk
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui sug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ sug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ suk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-sok
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-sok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-sok
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toeasog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-siok
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toeasiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚³²/

Verb

退縮

1. to shrink back; to cower