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后退

后退 (hòu tuì): To recoil (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

后退 consists of 2 characters.

queen, empress; behind, after

to retreat; draw back

Word Info

Pinyinhòu tuì

Meaningto recoil

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxVerb

Word后退

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3.

Example Sentences with 后退

kàn看

dào到

nà那

tiáo条

shé蛇

，

tā他

xià吓

de得

hòu后

tuì退

le了

jǐ几

bù步

。

Seeing that snake, he recoiled in fear for a few steps.

wǒ我

běn本

néng能

dì地

hòu后

tuì退

le了

yí一

bù步

，

yīn因

wèi为

nà那

zhī只

gǒu狗

kàn看

qǐ起

lái来

bú不

tài太

yǒu友

hǎo好

。

I instinctively took a step back because that dog didn't look very friendly.

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 后退.

Words with 后

后面hòu miànHSK 1
以后yǐ hòuHSK 3
后天hòu tiānHSK 3
后年hòu niánHSK 3
后来hòu láiHSK 3
最后zuì hòuHSK 3
然后rán hòuHSK 3
之后zhī hòuHSK 4

Words with 退

退休tuì xiūHSK 5
退出tuì chūHSK 5
退步tuì bùHSK 5
退还tuì huánHSK 5
撤退chè tuìHSK 6
衰退shuāi tuìHSK 6
退税tuì shuìHSK 6
倒退

dào tuì

HSK 7-9