后退

hòutuì

to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 後退

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

退

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

请往后退一步。

Please step back one step.

他吓得直后退。

He was so scared he kept backing away.