退位

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (退位)		退	位
simp. #(退位)		退	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: twèi-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueywey
    • Palladius: туйвэй (tujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ wai⁶
    • Yale: teui waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: thè-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'ui
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ ui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thwojH hwijH

Rime
Character	退	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他内切	于愧切
Baxter	thwojH	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuʌiH/	/ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoiH/	/ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɒiH/	/ɣiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwəjH/	/ɦjwiH/
Li Rong	/tʰuᴀiH/	/ɣjuiH/
Wang Li	/tʰuɒiH/	/ɣwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuɑ̆iH/	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuì	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi3	wai6

Verb

退⫽位 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to abdicate (the throne); to step down (as leader)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (退位):

• → Japanese: 退(たい)位(い) (taii)
• → Korean: 퇴위(退位) (toewi)
• → Vietnamese: thoái vị (退位)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
退	位
たい Grade: 6	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​いい [táꜜìì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ii]

Noun

退(たい)位(い) • (taii) ^{←たいゐ (taiwi)?}

1. abdication (the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder)

Verb

退(たい)位(い)する • (taii suru) ^{←たいゐ (taiwi)?}intransitive suru (stem 退(たい)位(い)し (taii shi), past 退(たい)位(い)した (taii shita))

1. abdicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "退位する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	退位し	たいいし	taii shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	退位し	たいいし	taii shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	退位する	たいいする	taii suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	退位する	たいいする	taii suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	退位すれ	たいいすれ	taii sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	退位せよ¹ 退位しろ²	たいいせよ¹ たいいしろ²	taii seyo¹ taii shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	退位される	たいいされる	taii sareru
Causative	退位させる 退位さす	たいいさせる たいいさす	taii saseru taii sasu
Potential	退位できる	たいいできる	taii dekiru
Volitional	退位しよう	たいいしよう	taii shiyō
Negative	退位しない	たいいしない	taii shinai
Negative continuative	退位せず	たいいせず	taii sezu
Formal	退位します	たいいします	taii shimasu
Perfective	退位した	たいいした	taii shita
Conjunctive	退位して	たいいして	taii shite
Hypothetical conditional	退位すれば	たいいすれば	taii sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
退	位

Noun

退位 • (toewi) (hangeul 퇴위)

1. Hanja form^? of 퇴위 (“abdication”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
退	位

Verb

退位

1. chữ Hán form of thoái vị (“to abdicate”).