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Jyutping hau6 teoi3
Pinyin hòu tuì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to recoil
  2. to draw back
  3. to fall back
  4. to retreat
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) 1. Backlash; 2. Back up (a car)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    向​住​背​後​嘅​方向​行
    to draw back; to retreat
    • 遇到失敗都唔可以後退。
      遇到失败都唔可以后退。
      jyu6 dou3 sat1 baai6 dou1 m4 ho2 ji5 hau6 teoi3.
      We should never draw back even when we are facing failure.
    • 唔夠位喇,可唔可以向後退?
      唔够位喇,可唔可以向后退?
      m4 gau3 wai2 laa3, ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 hoeng3 hau6 teoi3?
      It's not enough space, can you retreat, please?
  2. 反義詞
    前進
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to retreat
  2. verb
    to step back; to move back
    (syn.) 退步
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1684
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    请往后退一退。
    請往後退一退。
    qǐng wǎng hòu tuì yī tuì 。
    • Please move back.
  2. Mandarin
    请往后退一点。
    請往後退一點。
    qǐng wǎng hòu tuì yī diǎn 。
    • Stand back, please.
  3. Mandarin
    叫那些人后退,直升机要著陆了。
    叫那些人後退,直升機要著陸了。
    jiào nà xiē rén hòu tuì , zhí shēng jī yào zhù lù le 。
    • Tell those people to back off so that the helicopter can land.
  4. Mandarin
    他们往前走而我一直都在往后退。
    他們往前走而我一直都在往後退。
    tā men wǎng qián zǒu ér wǒ yī zhí dōu zài wǎng hòu tuì 。
    • They are going forwards and I am always going backwards.
  5. Mandarin
    我不确定该前进还是后退。
    我不確定該前進還是後退。
    wǒ bù què dìng gāi qián jìn hái shi hòu tuì 。
    • I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    遇到失败都唔可以后退。
    遇到失敗都唔可以後退。
    jyu6 dou3 sat1 baai6 dou1 m4 ho2 ji5 hau6 teoi3.
    • We should never draw back even when we are facing failure.
  2. Cantonese
    唔够位喇,可唔可以向后退?
    唔夠位喇,可唔可以向後退?
    m4 gau3 wai2 laa3, ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 hoeng3 hau6 teoi3?
    • It's not enough space, can you retreat, please?
  3. Cantonese
    发线后退
    髮線後退
    faat3 sin3 hau6 teoi3
    • receding hairline
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    执行这个方针,有兵力的分散和集中、分进和合击、攻击和防御、突击和钳制、包围和迂回、前进和后退种种的战术或方法。
    執行這個方針,有兵力的分散和集中、分進和合擊、攻擊和防禦、突擊和鉗制、包圍和迂迴、前進和後退種種的戰術或方法。
    zhí xíng zhè ge fāng zhēn , yǒu bīng lì de fēn sàn hé jí zhōng , fēn jìn hé hé jī , gōng jī hé fáng yù , tū jī hé qián zhì , bāo wéi hé yū huí , qián jìn hé hòu tuì zhǒng zhǒng de zhàn shù huò fāng fǎ .
    • There are various tactics or methods for giving effect to this principle, such as dispersion and concentration of forces, diverging advance and converging attack, the offensive and the defensive, assault and containment, encirclement and outflanking, advance and retreat.