退居

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	reside
trad. (退居)		退	居
simp. #(退居)		退	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-ki / thòe-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèijyu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: twèi-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyjiu
    • Palladius: туйцзюй (tujczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ geoi¹
    • Yale: teui gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-ki / thòe-ku
    • Tâi-lô: thè-ki / thuè-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'ky, toea'kw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ ku⁴⁴/

Verb

退居

1. (literary) to retire from public service; to live in seclusion (away from court)

   退居二線／退居二线  ―  tuìjū èrxiàn  ―  to retire from active life and take up a nominal post

2. (literary) to withdraw; to conceal oneself

Synonyms

• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)