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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 逊色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
逊色 xùn sè - inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 34,310 15,466 22,958

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
逊 xùn- to abdicate
- modest
- yielding
- unpretentious
- inferior to
- (slang) to suck
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 逊色

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
逊色 - 9 34,310 15,466 22,958