退讓

See also: 退让

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (退讓)		退	讓
simp. (退让)		退	让

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìràng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ joeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-niū / thòe-niū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìràng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèiràng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-jang⁴
    • Yale: twèi-ràng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyranq
    • Palladius: туйжан (tujžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ joeng⁶
    • Yale: teui yeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ joeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ yêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ jœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-niū / thòe-niū
    • Tâi-lô: thè-niū / thuè-niū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teaniu, toeaniu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ niũ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ niũ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ niũ⁴¹/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ niũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ niũ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ niũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ niũ³³/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ niũ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ niũ³³/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ niũ³³/

Verb

退讓

1. to concede; to yield; to give in
2. to modestly decline

Synonyms

• (to concede):

• 促就 (Hokkien)
• 妥協／妥协 (tuǒxié)
• 放讓／放让 (Xiang)
• 讓步／让步 (ràngbù)
• 退步 (tuìbù)
• 遷就／迁就 (qiānjiù)

 

• (to modestly decline):

• 婉拒 (wǎnjù)
• 婉辭／婉辞 (wǎncí)
• 客氣／客气
• 推免 (tuīmiǎn) (literary)
• 推卻／推却 (tuīquè)
• 推絕／推绝 (tuījué)
• 推謝／推谢 (tuīxiè)
• 推辭／推辞 (tuīcí)
• 禮讓／礼让 (lǐràng)
• 謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
• 謙讓／谦让 (qiānràng)
• 辭讓／辞让 (círàng)

 

Related terms

• 忍讓／忍让 (rěnràng)
• 容忍 (róngrěn)