Chinese word dictionary

退伍

tuì wǔ · to be discharged from military service

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Word information

Simplified退伍

Traditional退伍

Pinyintuì wǔ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

退tuì

to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

伍wǔ

five, company of five; troops

How to learn 退伍

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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队伍duìwu

ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

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

后退hòutuì

to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat