進退

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (進退)		進	退
simp. (进退)		进	退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìntuì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ teoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-thòe / chìn-thè / chìn-thèr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìntuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìntuèi
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tʻui⁴
  - Yale: jìn-twèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntuey
  - Palladius: цзиньтуй (czinʹtuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon³ teoi³
  - Yale: jeun teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên³ têu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cientoex
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thè
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cientex
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thèr
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thèr
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰə⁴¹/

Verb

進退

to advance and retreat

Derived terms

不知進退 / 不知进退 (bùzhījìntuì)
進退不得 / 进退不得
進退中繩 / 进退中绳
進退兩難 / 进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)
進退失據 / 进退失据 (jìntuìshījù)
進退有常 / 进退有常
進退為難 / 进退为难
進退無路 / 进退无路
進退維谷 / 进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ)
進退自如 / 进退自如

Noun

進退

(figurative) sense of propriety

Japanese

Kanji in this term
進	退
しん Grade: 3	たい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕĩnta̠i]

Noun

進(しん)退(たい) • (shintai)

moving forwards or backwards

Verb

進(しん)退(たい)する • (shintai suru) suru (stem 進(しん)退(たい)し (shintai shi), past 進(しん)退(たい)した (shintai shita))

advance or retreat

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative