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后退

hòu tuì
HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to recoil
  2. 2. to draw back
  3. 3. to fall back
  4. 4. to retreat

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Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
前进
qián jìn

to go forward

Related words

1 item
倒退
dào tuì

to fall back

Synonyms

2 items
退缩
tuì suō

to shrink back

面对困难时
退后
tuì hòu

to stand back

Usage notes

Common mistakes

后退 is an intransitive verb; avoid using it with a direct object (e.g., say 向后后退 instead of 后退他).

Example Sentences

4 shown
请 后退 一步。
Please step back one step.
后退 ！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10981524)
请往 后退 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 347106)
往 后退 点。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5102285)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Child Words of 后退

后
hòu

empress

退
tuì

to retreat; to withdraw