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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 进退

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
进退 jìn tuì - to advance or retreat
- knowing when to come and when to leave
- a sense of propriety

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 21,009 21,744 14,539

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jìn- to go forward
- to advance
- to go in
- to enter
- to put in
- to submit
- to take in
- to admit
- (math.) base of a number system
- classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
退 tuì- to retreat; to withdraw
- to reject; to return (sth)
- to decline

Other Words Containing 进退

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
进退两难 - - 14,406 35,464 28,700
进退 - - 21,009 21,744 14,539
进退维谷 - - 33,925 67,962 71,566