退一步

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (退一步)		退	一	步
simp. #(退一步)		退	一	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuì yī bù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuì yī bù [Phonetic: tuì yí bù] → tuì yi bù (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi yi̊ bù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴
    • Yale: twèi yi bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey i buh
    • Palladius: туй и бу (tuj i bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ → /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: teui yāt bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yed¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/

Verb

退一步

1. (literal, figurative) to take a step back

Derived terms

• 退一步海闊天空 / 退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)