退定

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (退定)		退	定
simp. #(退定)		退	定

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-tiāⁿ / thèr-tiāⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thè-tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'dvia
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ tiã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ tiã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ tiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-tiānn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiã⁴¹/

Verb

退定

1. (Southern Min) to break off an engagement
2. (Southern Min) to return the downpayment of a contract (especially a marriage engagement)

Synonyms

• (to break off an engagement):

Dialectal synonyms of 退婚 (“to break off an engagement; to call off an engagement”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退婚, 退親
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	退婚
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	退親
	Xi'an	退親
Cantonese	Hong Kong	退婚
Hakka	Meixian	退親, 退婚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退婚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退婚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退婚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退婚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退婚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退婚
Huizhou	Jixi	退婚
Jin	Taiyuan	退親
Southern Min	Xiamen	退定
	Quanzhou	退定
	Zhangzhou	退定
	Tainan	退定, 退婚
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	退婚