後退

hòu tuì

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Intransitive verb

後退 (hòu tuì) is a Chinese word meaning “to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

Stroke order

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Example

車子慢慢地後退。

The car slowly backed up.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).