Chinese Word: 逊 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

逊 (Trad.: 遜)HSK 6

Pinyin: xùn

English Definition: to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck

Chinese Definition:
①退避，退让：逊位。逊遁。
②谦让，恭顺：逊让。谦逊。
③次，差，不及：逊色。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 辵

Pictophonetic:孙 indicates the sound; 辶 (walk) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 辶 [ chuò ] to walk; walking
- 孙 [ sūn ] grandchild, descendent; surname

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谦逊HSK 6	qiān xùn	humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty
逊色	xùn sè	inferior (often in the combination 毫无逊色 , not in the least inferior)
不逊	bù xùn	rude; impertinent
出言不逊	chū yán bù xùn	to speak rudely
逊位	xùn wèi	to abdicate; to resign a position

1		mǔ dan 牡丹 shǐ 使 qí tā 其他 de 的 huā 花 xùn sè 逊色。 Peony casts the other flowers into the shade.
2		jìn nián lái 近年来， guó jì 国际 shè huì 社会 pǔ biàn 普遍 hū yù 呼吁 bǎo hù 保护 yà mǎ xùn 亚马逊 yǔ lín 雨林。 In recent years, the international community has been calling for the protection of the Amazon rainforest.