Chinese word dictionary

倒退

dàotuì · to fall back; to go in reverse

Practice word

Word information

Simplified倒退

Traditional倒退

Pinyindàotuì

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

倒dào

to collapse, to fall over; to lie down

退tuì

to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

How to learn 倒退

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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倒dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

退tuì

to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

退出tuìchū

to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)

退还tuìhuán

to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate

退休tuìxiū

to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

倒闭dǎobì

to go bankrupt; to close down