退一步

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (退一步)		退	一	步
simp. ^#(退一步)		退	一	步

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuì yī bù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuì yī bù [Phonetic: tuì yí bù] → tuì yi bù (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄅㄨˋ → ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧㄅㄨˋ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi yi̊ bù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴
  - Yale: twèi yi bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey i buh
  - Palladius: туй и бу (tuj i bu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ → /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶
  - Yale: teui yāt bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yed¹ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/

Verb

退一步

(literal, figurative) to take a step back

Derived terms

退一步海闊天空／退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)

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