遜色

See also: 逊色

Chinese

		to yield	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (遜色)		遜	色
simp. (逊色)		逊	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sùn-siak / sùn-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnsè
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: syùn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnseh
    • Palladius: сюньсэ (sjunʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³ sik¹
    • Yale: seun sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 信息 瞬息 訊息／讯息 遜色／逊色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/

Adjective

遜色

1. inferior

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遜	色
そん Grade: S	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そんしょく [sòńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) そ​んしょく [sóꜜǹshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

遜(そん)色(しょく) • (sonshoku) 

1. inferiority