退居

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	reside
simp. and trad. (退居)		退	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuìjū

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ geoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): thè-ki / thòe-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyjiu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ geoi¹
  - Yale: teui gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu³ gêu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-ki / thòe-ku
  - Tâi-lô: thè-ki / thuè-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tea'ky, toea'kw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ ku⁴⁴/

Verb

退居

(literary) to retire from public service; to live in seclusion (away from court)

退居二線 / 退居二线 ― tuìjū èrxiàn ― to retire from active life and take up a nominal post

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