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title: "Tuiyi Meaning: 退役 (to retire) or 推移 ( to pass)?"
description: "退役 (tuìyì) means “to retire (from military service or sports)”. Not the tuiyi you heard? See 推移. Hear its tones, see what 退 and 役 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tuiyi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 退役 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

退役 tuìyì

## to retire (from military service or sports)

## It can also mean

- to be decommissioned

## Its characters

1. 退 tuì to retreat
2. 役 yì military service (as in 服役)

## In a sentence

他三十岁就从球队退役了。 He retired from the team at thirty.

[More about 退役](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%80%80%E5%BD%B9)

## Other words said tuiyi

- [推移tuīyí(of time) to pass](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8E%A8%E7%A7%BB)

## More words with 退 or 役

- [后退 hòutuì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/houtui)
- [衰退 shuāituì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shuaitui)
- [退还 tuìhuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tuihuan)
- [退回 tuìhuí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tuihui)
- [退退退 tuìtuìtuì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tuituitui)
- [退休 tuìxiū](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tuixiu)
- [战役 zhànyì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhanyi)

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