退居
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
reside | ||
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trad. (退居) | 退 | 居 | |
simp. #(退居) | 退 | 居 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tuèijyu
- Wade–Giles: tʻui4-chü1
- Yale: twèi-jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyjiu
- Palladius: туйцзюй (tujczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: teoi3 geoi1
- Yale: teui gēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: toey3 goey1
- Guangdong Romanization: têu3 gêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɵy̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-ki / thòe-ku
- Tâi-lô: thè-ki / thuè-ku
- Phofsit Daibuun: tea'ky, toea'kw
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
[edit]退居
- (literary) to retire from public service; to live in seclusion (away from court)
- (literary) to withdraw; to conceal oneself
Synonyms
[edit]- 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
- 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
- 幽棲 / 幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
- 杜門 / 杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
- 臥 / 卧 (wò) (literary)
- 臥雲 / 卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
- 豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
- 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
- 退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
- 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
- 遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
- 避世 (bìshì)
- 閉門 / 闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
- 隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
- 隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)