Cantonese words starting with T

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腿號箍腿号箍

Leg band or ring used for marking or identifying poultry.

The calf of the leg.

To pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water.

A historical Mongolian name, referring to figures such as Tuotuo (Toqto'a), a prominent minister of the Yuan dynasty.

To move back, decline, recede, or decrease.

To withdraw, retreat, or avoid.

To transform or undergo transmutation; to degenerate or decay.

To retreat or withdraw troops.

To thaw or defrost frozen food.

To cancel, terminate, or let an insurance policy lapse.

To fall behind, regress, or deteriorate in performance.

To quit, withdraw, or end a relationship or connection with a person, group, or organisation.

teoi3 ceot1 wan6 hang4

退出運行退出运行

To decommission; to withdraw from operation or service.

To refund money to a customer.

The ebbing of a tide; to ebb, or figuratively to retreat in trend.

To leave an arena, stage, or venue where an event is taking place; to leave the field in sports.

To withdraw from a political party.

To undergo metamorphosis, or to degenerate and change into something worse.

To deteriorate or degenerate, especially of bodily functions over time.

teoi3 faa3 bin3 zat1

蛻化變質蜕化变质

To degenerate morally or become depraved.

teoi3 faa3 zat6 beng6

Degenerative disease.

To anneal; to heat-treat metal or glass to remove internal stresses.

To return purchased goods or merchandise to a shop for a refund or exchange.

To check out of a hotel room.

To refund; to return money collected from a buyer.

teoi3 gaak3 gin6

退格鍵退格键

The backspace key on a computer keyboard.

teoi3 gaang1 waan4 lam4

退耕還林退耕还林

To restore cropland to forest by halting farming and planting trees.

teoi3 geoi1 ji6 sin3

退居二線退居二线

To step back from the front line of work; to withdraw to a secondary or advisory role.

To return, hand back, or make restitution of money or property that was previously received or confiscated.

Shut-out; a container or consignment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft.

To step down, retire, or retreat.

teoi3 haa6 gam1

Retirement pension.

To recede, regress, or degenerate.

teoi3 hang4 sing3

Degenerative; relating to or causing degeneration, especially of bodily tissues or organs.

To step back, move backward, or retreat.

To bring down a fever; to relieve feverish heat.

To molt, shed, or cast off an outer shell or skin.

To drop out, quit, or leave school before graduating.

To step down, retire, or leave office.

To retire from public life or withdraw from society.

To retire; to stop working, usually because of age or having saved enough money to rest and enjoy life.

teoi3 jau1 gam1

Pension; a retirement benefit paid to retired employees regularly or as a lump sum.

teoi3 jau1 gam1 soeng1 gwai2 zai3

退休金雙軌制退休金双轨制

Dual-track pension system.

teoi3 ji4 kau4 kei4 ci3

退而求其次

To settle for the next best thing when the ideal option is unavailable.

To retire from being a submissive male admirer, giving up on chasing one's goddess.

To reduce a fever; to bring down a high temperature.

To make concessions, yield, or step back in order to avoid conflict.

To retreat or draw back.

To subside, recede, or go down.

A way out; a path for retreat or fallback options.