退燒

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
trad. (退燒)		退	燒
simp. (退烧)		退	烧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìshāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ siu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-sêu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-sio / thèr-sio / thòe-sio

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìshāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèishao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-shao¹
    • Yale: twèi-shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshau
    • Palladius: туйшао (tujšao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ siu¹
    • Yale: teui sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui seu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ seu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ seu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-sio
    • Tâi-lô: thè-sio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teasioy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-sio
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-sio
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sio³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-sio
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-sio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toeasioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ sio⁴⁴/

Verb

退⫽燒 (verb-object)

1. (transitive) to bring down a fever; to allay a fever; (of a fever, intransitive) to abate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 退熱 (“to bring down a fever; (of a fever) to go down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退熱, 退燒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	退燒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	退燒
	Wanrong	退燒
	Xi'an	退燒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	退燒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	退燒, 退熱, 退㷫
	Hong Kong	退燒
Gan	Nanchang	退燒
	Lichuan	退燒
	Pingxiang	退燒
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退燒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退燒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退燒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退燒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退燒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退燒
Huizhou	Jixi	退熱, 退燒
Jin	Taiyuan	退燒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	退燒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退和
Southern Min	Xiamen	退燒
	Quanzhou	退燒
	Zhangzhou	退燒
	Tainan	退熱, 退燒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	退燒
Wu	Shanghai	退熱
	Suzhou	退燒
	Danyang	退燒, 退熱
	Hangzhou	退燒
	Jinhua	退熱

Derived terms

• 退燒藥／退烧药 (tuìshāoyào)