| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) |
| 退化 | tuì huà | to degenerate; atrophy |
| 退火 | tuì huǒ | annealing (metallurgy) |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | retirement (from work) |
| 退却 | tuì què | to retreat; to shrink back |
| 退位 | tuì wèi | abdicate |
| 退还 | tuì huán | to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate |
| 退缩 | tuì suō | to shrink back; to cower |
| 退守 | tuì shǒu | to retreat and defend; to withdraw and maintain one's guard |
| 退伍军人 | tuì wǔ jūn rén | veteran |
| 退步 | tuì bù | degenerate; regress |
| 退下 | tuì xià | to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down |
| 退下金 | tuì xià jīn | retirement pension |
| 退任 | tuì rèn | to retire; to leave one's position |
| 退伍 | tuì wǔ | to retire from service |
| 退伍军人节 | tuì wǔ jūn rén jié | Veteran's Day |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pay; pension |
| 退冰 | tuì bīng | to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature |
| 退出运行 | tuì chū yùn xíng | decommission |
| 退学 | tuì xué | to quit school |
| 退席 | tuì xí | to absent oneself from a meeting; to decline to attend |
| 退庭 | tuì tíng | to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn |
| 退役 | tuì yì | to retire from the military; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use |
| 退思园 | Tuì Sī yuán | The Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu |
| 退房 | tuì fáng | to check out of a hotel room |
| 退换 | tuì huàn | to replace a purchase; to exchange a purchase |
| 退换货 | tuì huàn huò | to return a product for another item |
| 退水 | tuì shuǐ | to divert water; to drain |
| 退潮 | tuì cháo | (of a tide) to ebb or go out |
| 退热 | tuì rè | to reduce fever |
| 退烧 | tuì shāo | to reduce fever |
| 退烧药 | tuì shāo yào | antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) |
| 退片 | tuì piàn | eject (media player) |
| 退票 | tuì piào | bounce (a check); ticket refund |
| 退税 | tuì shuì | tax rebate or refund |
| 退耕还林 | tuì gēng huán lín | restoring agricultural land to forest |
| 退色 | tuì sè | variant of 褪色 |
| 退色 | tuì shǎi | variant of 褪色 |
| 退落 | tuì luò | subside |
| 退货 | tuì huò | to return merchandise; to withdraw a product |
| 退路 | tuì lù | a way out; a way to retreat; leeway |
| 退避 | tuì bì | withdraw |
| 退避三舍 | tuì bì sān shè | lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal |
| 退钱 | tuì qián | refund money |
| 退关 | tuì guān | shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft |
| 退黑激素 | tuì hēi jī sù | melatonin |
| 退党 | tuì dǎng | to withdraw from a political party |
