早退

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Chinese

early; morning
retreat; to decline; to move back
retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
 
trad. (早退) 早 退
simp. #(早退) 早 退

Pronunciation

Verb

早退

  1. to leave early (from work, a meeting, etc.)
  2. to retire at an early age

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to leave early”): 遲到／迟到 (chídào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (早退):
  • → Japanese: 早退(そうたい) (sōtai)
  • → Korean: 조퇴(早退) (jotoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早 退
そう
Grade: 1 		たい
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 早退 (zǎotuì).

Pronunciation

Noun

早(そう)退(たい) • (sōtai) ←さうたい (sautai)?

  1. early leave
    Synonym: 早退き (hayabiki)

Verb

早(そう)退(たい)する • (sōtai suru) ←さうたい (sautai)?suru (stem 早(そう)退(たい)し (sōtai shi), past 早(そう)退(たい)した (sōtai shita))

  1. to leave work or school earlier than the end of the workday or schoolday
    学校(がっこう)を早(そう)退(たい)する
    gakkō o sōtai suru
    to leave school early

Conjugation

Conjugation of "早退する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 早退し そうたいし sōtai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 早退し そうたいし sōtai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 早退する そうたいする sōtai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 早退する そうたいする sōtai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 早退すれ そうたいすれ sōtai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 早退せよ¹
早退しろ² 		そうたいせよ¹
そうたいしろ² 		sōtai seyo¹
sōtai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 早退される そうたいされる sōtai sareru
Causative 早退させる
早退さす 		そうたいさせる
そうたいさす 		sōtai saseru
sōtai sasu
Potential 早退できる そうたいできる sōtai dekiru
Volitional 早退しよう そうたいしよう sōtai shiyō
Negative 早退しない そうたいしない sōtai shinai
Negative continuative 早退せず そうたいせず sōtai sezu
Formal 早退します そうたいします sōtai shimasu
Perfective 早退した そうたいした sōtai shita
Conjunctive 早退して そうたいして sōtai shite
Hypothetical conditional 早退すれば そうたいすれば sōtai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
早退

Noun

早退 • (jotoe) (hangeul 조퇴)

  1. hanja form? of 조퇴
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