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HSK
3

to retreat

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

tui4 tuì

Meaning


Primary

to retreat

Alternatives

retreat, retreats, retreating, retreated, to withdraw, withdraw

Mnemonic


[tu-] Tom Cat is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay where he is trying 退 to retreat from Jerry who, in a change of course, is chasing him. He wears two 艮 silver flip-flops and taps them together, and suddenly the wall of the bathroom opens up, revealing a 辶 road of 退 retreat that goes through some sand dunes.

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