退休(tuì xiū)

HSK 52 characters

to retire (from the workforce)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 退休 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我去年退休了。

    wǒ qù nián tuì xiū le

    I retired last year.

  • 汤姆说他不想退休

    tāng mǔ shuō tā bù xiǎng tuì xiū

    Tom said that he doesn't want to retire.

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