"退一步" meaning in Chinese

See 退一步 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/, /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/, /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: tuì yī bù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tuì yī bù [Phonetic:tuì yí bù] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tuì yibù (toneless variant) [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ (toneless variant) [Mandarin, bopomofo], tuèi yi̊ bù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], twèi yi bù [Mandarin, Yale], tuey i buh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], туй и бу [Mandarin, Palladius], tuj i bu [Mandarin, Palladius], teui yāt bouh [Cantonese, Yale], toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], têu³ yed¹ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 退一步
  1. (literal, figurative) to take a step back Tags: figuratively Derived forms: 退一步海闊天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng), 退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)

Download JSON data for 退一步 meaning in Chinese (2.5kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "退一步",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
          "word": "退一步海闊天空"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
          "word": "退一步海阔天空"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take a step back"
      ],
      "id": "en-退一步-zh-verb-MYdh6sk9",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, figurative) to take a step back"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yī bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yī bù [Phonetic:tuì yí bù]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yibù (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuèi yi̊ bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twèi yi bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuey i buh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "туй и бу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuj i bu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "teui yāt bouh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: tuì yí bù]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "退一步"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
      "word": "退一步海闊天空"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
      "word": "退一步海阔天空"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "退一步",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take a step back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, figurative) to take a step back"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yī bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yī bù [Phonetic:tuì yí bù]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuì yibù (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuèi yi̊ bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twèi yi bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuey i buh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "туй и бу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuj i bu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "teui yāt bouh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: tuì yí bù]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "退一步"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.