退步 tuìbù▶ ล้าหลัง

Stroke order

退步 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 退 — 9 strokes
• 步 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to do less well than before
2. to make a concession
3. setback
4. backward step
5. leeway
6. room to maneuver
7. fallback

Related words

• 退ถอย
• 步骤ก้าว; ขั้นตอน
• 进步ความก้าวหน้า
• 退休เกษียณ
• 逐步ค่อยๆ, ทีละน้อย
• 初步เบื้องต้น

退步 is pronounced tuìbù and means “ล้าหลัง”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 退步 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.