粵

後hau6退teoi3

simp后退
hau6 teoi3hòu tuì

English

  1. to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
  2. (verb) 1. Backlash; 2. Back up (a car)
  3. to draw back; to retreat

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 向住背後嘅方向行

Examples

  • 喺我哋作為一個國家應該向前行,幫助長期失業者搵到新工作嘅時候,我哋永遠都唔應該突然間斷佢哋嘅失業保險而後退一步。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 后退!

    Back off!

    Tatoeba · Elaineeeeee CC BY

  • 往后退点。

    Back off.

    Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

  • 请往后退一退。

    Please move back.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 请往后退一点。

    Stand back, please.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 汤姆后退一步。

    Tom took a step backward.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 遇到失敗都唔可以後退。

    We should never draw back even when we are facing failure.

  • 唔夠位喇,可唔可以向後退?

    It's not enough space, can you retreat, please?

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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