引退

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (引退)		引	退
simp. ^#(引退)		引	退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐntuì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ teoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-thòe / ín-thè / ín-thèr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐntuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐntuèi
  - Wade–Giles: yin³-tʻui⁴
  - Yale: yǐn-twèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiintuey
  - Palladius: иньтуй (inʹtuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    引退
    隐退
    隱退 / 隐退
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁵ teoi³
  - Yale: yáhn teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ têu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ tʰɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-thòe
  - Tâi-lô: ín-thuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: yntoex
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰue¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰue²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-thè
  - Tâi-lô: ín-thè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: yntex
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-thèr
  - Tâi-lô: ín-thèr
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰə⁴¹/

Verb

引退

to retire from office
to resign

Japanese

Kanji in this term
引	退
いん Grade: 2	たい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いんたい [ìńtáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ĩnta̠i]

Noun

引(いん)退(たい) • (intai)

retirement
Synonym: 隠居 (inkyo)

Verb

引(いん)退(たい)する • (intai suru) intransitive suru (stem 引(いん)退(たい)し (intai shi), past 引(いん)退(たい)した (intai shita))

to retire

Conjugation

Conjugation of "引退する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	引退し	いんたいし	intai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	引退し	いんたいし	intai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	引退する	いんたいする	intai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	引退する	いんたいする	intai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	引退すれ	いんたいすれ	intai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	引退せよ¹ 引退しろ²	いんたいせよ¹ いんたいしろ²	intai seyo¹ intai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	引退される	いんたいされる	intai sareru
Causative	引退させる引退さす	いんたいさせるいんたいさす	intai saseru intai sasu
Potential	引退できる	いんたいできる	intai dekiru
Volitional	引退しよう	いんたいしよう	intai shiyō
Negative	引退しない	いんたいしない	intai shinai
Negative continuative	引退せず	いんたいせず	intai sezu
Formal	引退します	いんたいします	intai shimasu
Perfective	引退した	いんたいした	intai shita
Conjunctive	引退して	いんたいして	intai shite
Hypothetical conditional	引退すれば	いんたいすれば	intai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“引退”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
引	退

Noun

引退 • (intoe) (hangeul 인퇴)

hanja form^? of 인퇴 (“retirement”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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