HSK 6 · Verbs

撤退 chètuì “to retreat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 撤退 means

  1. to retreat
  2. to withdraw

How to say 撤退

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale撤chè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale退tuì4th tone, falling

撤退 in a sentence

  1. 下大雨了，登山队只好撤退。

    Xià dàyǔ le, dēngshānduì zhǐhǎo chètuì.

    It started pouring, so the climbing team had to turn back.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 情况不对，我们赶快撤退吧。

    Qíngkuàng bú duì, wǒmen gǎnkuài chètuì ba.

    Things don’t look good; let’s get out of here quickly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 撤退 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 撤 (chè) with each of its parts in a different colour
撤chèto remove; to take away
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 育to produce · yù
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 退 (tuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
退tuìto retreat; to withdraw
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuì.

How to write 撤退

撤 15 strokes · 退 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

撤退 (chètuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 撤退 (chètuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 撤退

Words with 撤

撤销chèxiāo · to cancel

Words with 退

退tuì · to move back退步tuìbù · to regress退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)衰退shuāituì · to decline

More words: Common Verbs

超越chāoyuè · to surpass呈现chéngxiàn · to appear陈列chénliè · to display衬托chèntuō · to set off撤销chèxiāo · to cancel吃苦chīkǔ · to endure hardship充当chōngdāng · to serve as重叠chóngdié · to overlap

FAQs

撤退 (chètuì) means “to retreat” or “to withdraw”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chètuì: chè with a 4th tone, then tuì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 撤退 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chetui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 撤退 from the suggestions. Typing chetui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
撤退 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.