# 退休 (tuìxiū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 退休 (tuìxiū) means “to retire (from the workforce)”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to retire (from the workforce)
- Pinyin: tuìxiū (tui4 xiu1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 爷爷去年从工厂退休了。
  Yéye qùnián cóng gōngchǎng tuìxiū le.
  Grandpa retired from the factory last year.

## Characters

- [退](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-retreat/) (tuì): to retreat; to reject
- 休 (xiū): to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-xiu-retire/

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