早退

Chinese

		early; morning	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (早退)		早	退
simp. ^#(早退)		早	退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎotuì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² teoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎotuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎotuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-tʻui⁴
  - Yale: dzǎu-twèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaotuey
  - Palladius: цзаотуй (czaotuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² teoi³
  - Yale: jóu teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² têu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯³³/

Verb

早退

to leave early (from work, a meeting, etc.)
to retire at an early age

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to leave early”): 遲到／迟到 (chídào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (早退):

→ Japanese: 早退(そうたい) (sōtai)
→ Korean: 조퇴(早退) (jotoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	退
そう Grade: 1	たい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 早退 (zǎotuì).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーたい [sòótáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːta̠i]

Noun

早(そう)退(たい) • (sōtai) ^{←さうたい (sautai)^?}

early leave
Synonym: 早退き (hayabiki)

Verb

早(そう)退(たい)する • (sōtai suru) ^{←さうたい (sautai)^?}suru (stem 早(そう)退(たい)し (sōtai shi), past 早(そう)退(たい)した (sōtai shita))

to leave work or school earlier than the end of the workday or schoolday
学校(がっこう)を早(そう)退(たい)する
gakkō o sōtai suru
to leave school early

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

早(そう)退(たい)届(とどけ) (sōtaitodoke, “written request for permission to leave early”)

References

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
早	退

Noun

早退 • (jotoe) (hangeul 조퇴)

hanja form^? of 조퇴