退親

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (退親)		退	親
simp. (退亲)		退	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-chhin / thèr-chhin / thòe-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèicin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-chʻin¹
    • Yale: twèi-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueychin
    • Palladius: туйцинь (tujcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ can¹
    • Yale: teui chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thè-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teachyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-tshin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toeachyn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

退親

1. to break off an engagement

Synonyms

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