退親
Chinese
retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (退親) | 退 | 親 | |
| simp. (退亲) | 退 | 亲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi3 can1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-chhin / thèr-chhin / thòe-chhin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tuìqīn
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tuèicin
- Wade–Giles: tʻui4-chʻin1
- Yale: twèi-chīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueychin
- Palladius: туйцинь (tujcinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: teoi3 can1
- Yale: teui chān
- Cantonese Pinyin: toey3 tsan1
- Guangdong Romanization: têu3 cen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɵy̯³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-chhin
- Tâi-lô: thè-tshin
- Phofsit Daibuun: teachyn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-chhin
- Tâi-lô: thèr-tshin
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-chhin
- Tâi-lô: thuè-tshin
- Phofsit Daibuun: toeachyn
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
退親
- to break off an engagement
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 退婚 (“to break off an engagement; to call off an engagement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 退婚, 退親 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 退婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 退親 |
| Xi'an | 退親 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 退婚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 退親, 退婚 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 退婚 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 退婚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 退婚 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 退婚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 退婚 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 退婚 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 退婚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 退親 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 退定 |
| Quanzhou | 退定 | |
| Zhangzhou | 退定 | |
| Tainan | 退定, 退婚 | |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 退婚 |