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退休

退休

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to rest
simp. and trad. (退休)		退	休

Noun

退休

retirement

Verb

退休

to retire

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tuìxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-hiû
Min Nan (POJ): thè-hiu / thòe-hiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuìxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshiou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ jau¹
  - Yale: teui yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-hiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: tui hiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ hiu¹
  - IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ hi̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hiu / thòe-hiu
  - Tâi-lô: thè-hiu / thuè-hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hiw, toea'hiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/