Chinese

Adjective

遜色

1. inferior

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) そんしょく [sòńshókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) そ​んしょく [sóꜜǹshòkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞nɕo̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

遜色 ‎(hiragana そんしょく, romaji sonshoku)

1. inferiority

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3