# 退休
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tuìxiū
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): teoi$^3$ jau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hui$^1$ hiu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-hiû
* Eastern Min (BUC): tó̤i-siŭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thè-hiu / thèr-hiu / thòe-hiu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^3$ hiu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuìxiū
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisiou
*** Wade–Giles: tʻui$^4$-hsiu$^1$
*** Yale: twèi-syōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshiou
*** Palladius: туйсю (tujsju)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туйщю (tuyxi͡u, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuei⁴⁴ ɕiou⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: teoi$^3$ jau$^1$
*** Yale: teui yāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toey$^3$ jau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: têu$^3$ yeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^1$ hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³ hiu³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-hiû
*** Hakka Romanization System: tui hiu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tui$^4$ hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ hi̯u²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tó̤i-siŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰøy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$lieu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-hiu
*** Tâi-lô: thè-hiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tea'hiw
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-hiu
*** Tâi-lô: thèr-hiu
*** IPA (Singapore): /tʰə²¹⁻⁴² hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-hiu
*** Tâi-lô: thuè-hiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toea'hiw
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ hiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: to$^3$ hiu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thò hiu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiu³³/

### Verb

退休
* to retire (stop working on a permanent basis)

#### Synonyms

* 退役 (tuìyì) (from a sport)
* 退職／退职 (tuìzhí)
* 離休／离休 (líxiū) (of cadres and veterans)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 退休 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 退休 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 退休 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 退休 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 退休 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 退休 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 退休 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 退休 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 退休 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 退休 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 退休 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 退休 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 退休, 退老 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 退休 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 退休 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 退休 |

#### Derived terms

* 退休村 (tuìxiūcūn)
* 退休金 (tuìxiūjīn)

### References

* “Entry #6725”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.