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退步

退步

Chinese

		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
simp. and trad. (退步)		退	步

Verb

退步

to regress; to fall behind
to step back

Noun

退步

escape route; way out
leeway

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tuìbù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ bou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thè-pō͘ / thòe-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuìbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueybuh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ bou⁶
  - Yale: teui bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ bou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ pou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-pō͘ / thòe-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thè-pōo / thuè-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tea'po, toea'po
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/