逊色 meaning in English

xùnsè

inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

HSK 7-9nounadjectiveTraditional 遜色15 strokes

Meaning of 逊色

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xùnsè
  1. inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

逊色 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

每měi个gè曾céng经jīng与yǔ AI 客kè服fú打dǎ交jiāo道dào的de人rén都dōu知zhī道dào,AI 与yǔ真zhēn人rén相xiāng比bǐ有yǒu多duō么me逊xùn色sè。
Everyone who has had to deal with AI customer service knows how inferior it is to actual humans.
简jiǎn的de美měi丽lì丝sī毫háo不bù逊xùn色sè于yú她tā母mǔ亲qīn。
Jane is no less beautiful than her mother.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

逊 xùn · humble · 9 strokes

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色 sè · color · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 逊色.

颜色yánsècolor; countenance
红色hóngsèred (color); revolutionary
黑色hēisèblack
蓝色lánsèblue (color)
白色báisèwhite; fig. reactionary
绿色lǜsègreen
黄色huángsèyellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
景色jǐngsèscenery; landscape; view
特色tèsèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
彩色cǎisècolor; multicolored
角色juésèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
出色chūsèremarkable; outstanding

Questions about 逊色

What does 逊色 mean?

逊色 (xùnsè) means "inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)" and is used as a noun and adjective.

How do you write 逊色?

逊色 is made of 2 characters: 逊 (9 strokes), 色 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 逊色 an HSK word?

Yes. 逊色 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 逊色 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 逊色 is written 遜色.