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告退

告退

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
simp. and trad. (告退)		告	退

Verb

告退

(literary) to resign one's post
(literary) to request that one be allowed to depart
(literary) to announce one's departure

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gàotuì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ teoi³
Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-thòe / kò-thòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gàotuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawtuey
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ teoi³
  - Yale: gou teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ toey³
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ tʰɵy̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-thòe
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-thuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kortoex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-thòe
  - Tâi-lô: kò-thuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirtoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰue²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹/