HSK 3 · Movement & Direction

退出

tuì chū

to withdraw; to quit

Stroke order of 退出

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

退 · 9 strokes 出 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

After 退 you retreat, then 出 shows a foot leaving a cup-like boundary: you step out and quit.

Parts: 退: retreat; 出: go out

The characters in 退出

退 tuì — to retreat; to return (sth) (9 strokes)
出 chū — to go out; to exit (5 strokes)

Example sentence

他生气地退出了游戏。

He angrily quit the game.

Words with 退

退休to retire 退to retreat; to return (sth)

Words with 出

出to go out; to exit 出来to come out 出去to go out 出生to be born 出院to leave hospital 出发to set off 出国to go abroad 出门to go out 出租to rent out 出租车taxi 出口exit; to export 得出to reach (a conclusion)找出to find out 出现to appear 拿出to take out 提出to put forward 认出to recognize 发出to send out; to give off

More words: Movement & Direction

上来to come up 上去to go up 下来to come down 下去to go down; to go on 传来to come through (of sound or news)放到to put into 推开to push open 前进to go forward; to advance 退to retreat; to return (sth)追to chase 随to follow 转to turn; to transfer 跳to jump 按to press; according to

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