退すさ休きゅう

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to rest
trad. (退すさ休きゅう)		退すさ	休きゅう
simp. #(退すさ休きゅう)		退すさ	休きゅう

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuìxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): teoi³ jau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hui¹ hiu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-hiû
• Eastern Min (BUC): tó̤i-siŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thè-hiu / thèr-hiu / thòe-hiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to³ hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisiou
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: twèi-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshiou
    • Palladius: туйсю (tujsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁴⁴ ɕiou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ jau¹
    • Yale: teui yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hui¹ hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³ hiu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-hiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui hiu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ hi̯u²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tó̤i-siŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰøy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hiw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-hiu
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰə²¹⁻⁴² hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-hiu
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-hiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toea'hiw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to³ hiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thò hiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiu³³/

Verb

退すさ休きゅう

1. to retire (stop working on a permanent basis)

Synonyms

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• 退役たいえき (tuìyì) (from a sport)
• 退職たいしょく／退すさ职 (tuìzhí)
• 離はなれ休きゅう／离休 (líxiū) (of cadres and veterans)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 退すさ休きゅう (“to retire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退すさ休きゅう
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	退すさ休きゅう
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	退すさ休きゅう
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	退すさ休きゅう
Cantonese	Hong Kong	退すさ休きゅう
	Taishan	退すさ休きゅう
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退すさ休きゅう
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退すさ休きゅう
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退すさ休きゅう
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退すさ休きゅう
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退すさ休きゅう
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退すさ休きゅう
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退すさ休きゅう, 退すさ老ろう
Southern Min	Xiamen	退すさ休きゅう
	Quanzhou	退すさ休きゅう
	Zhangzhou	退すさ休きゅう

Derived terms

• 退すさ休きゅう村むら (tuìxiūcūn)
• 退すさ休きゅう金きん (tuìxiūjīn)

 

References

• “Entry #6725”, in 教育きょういく部ぶ臺灣たいわん台たい語ご常用じょうよう詞し辭典じてん [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.