敗退 はいたい being defeated #8,435 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive being defeated; being eliminated (from competition) Its kanji 敗 ハイ · やぶ.れる failure, defeat, reversal 退 タイ · しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject