遜色

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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

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

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 (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) そんしょく (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

遜(そん)色(しょく) • (sonshoku)

inferiority

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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