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Pinyin xùn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to abdicate
  2. modest
  3. yielding
  4. unpretentious
  5. inferior to
  6. (slang) to suck
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to abdicate/modest/yielding/unpretentious/inferior to/(slang) to suck/humble/modest/to yield
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    謙虛​、​虛心​、​禮讓
    modest
    • 謙遜
      谦逊
      modest; humble
    • 出言不遜
      出言不逊
      to speak insolently
  2. 語素
    比較​差​、​鮓
    inferior
    • 遜色
      逊色
      inferior
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to abdicate; (of an emperor) to give up the throne
  2. character, literary
    to flee; to escape; to evade
  3. character
    humble; modest
  4. character, Internet
    lame
    • 太遜了
      太逊了
      tài xùn le
      so lame
  5. character, literary
    inferior
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. humble, modest
  2. yield
  3. Cangjie Input
    YNDF
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #1002
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    亚马逊河的长度仅次于尼罗河,是世界第二长的河。
    亞馬遜河的長度僅次於尼羅河,是世界第二長的河。
    yà mǎ xùn hé de cháng dù jǐn cì yú ní luó hé , shì shì jiè dì èr zhǎng de hé 。
    • The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.
  2. Mandarin
    约翰逊先生坚持他的理论。
    約翰遜先生堅持他的理論。
    yuē hàn xùn xiān sheng jiān chí tā de lǐ lùn 。
    • Mr Johnson insists on his theory.
  3. Mandarin
    约翰逊是个自闭的人;他宁愿把自己孤立于我们班的其他学生。
    約翰遜是個自閉的人;他寧願把自己孤立於我們班的其他學生。
    yuē hàn xùn shì gè zì bì de rén ; tā nìng yuàn bǎ zì jǐ gū lì yú wǒ men bān de qí tā xué sheng 。
    • Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.
  4. Mandarin
    谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。
    謙遜往往比驕傲受益更多。
    qiān xùn wǎng wǎng bǐ jiāo ào shòu yì gèng duō 。
    • Humility often achieves more than pride.
  5. Mandarin
    纽约位在哈得逊河。
    紐約位在哈得遜河。
    niǔ yuē wèi zài hā dé xùn hé 。
    • New York is on the Hudson River.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    喺皇帝面前出言不逊嘅佢已经封杀咗自己嘅仕途。
    喺皇帝面前出言不遜嘅佢已經封殺咗自己嘅仕途。
    hai2 wong4 dai3 min6 cin4 ceot1 jin4 bat1 seon3 ge3 keoi5 ji5 ging1 fung1 saat3 zo2 zi6 gei2 ge3 si6 tou4.
    • By speaking rudely in front of the Emperor, he sabotaged his career as a civil servant.
  2. Cantonese
    谦逊
    謙遜
    • modest; humble
  3. Cantonese
    出言不逊
    出言不遜
    • to speak insolently
  4. Cantonese
    逊色
    遜色
    • inferior
  5. Cantonese
    毒男阿松屋企𠮶度有个施嘉莉祖安逊嘅塑像。
    毒男阿松屋企嗰度有個施嘉莉祖安遜嘅塑像。
    duk6 naam4 aa3 cung4 uk1 kei2 go2 dou6 jau5 go3 si1 gaa1 lei6 zou2 on1 soen3 ge3 sou3 zoeng6.
    • The nerd A-Chung has a statue of Scarlett Johansson at his home.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    艾奇逊们的欺骗做法在中国还有一层薄薄的社会基础。
    艾奇遜們的欺騙做法在中國還有一層薄薄的社會基礎。
    ài qí xùn men de qī piàn zuò fǎ zài zhōng guó hái yǒu yī céng bó bó de shè huì jī chǔ .
    • The deceptive manoeuvres of the Achesons still have a flimsy social base in China.
  2. Mandarin
    谦逊是美德之本。
    謙遜是美德之本。
    qiān xùn shì měi dé zhī běn .
    • Humility is the foundation of all virtue.
  3. Mandarin
    迈克尔·杰克逊没有以前那么红了。
    邁克爾·傑克遜沒有以前那麼紅了。
    mài kè ěr jié kè xùn méi yǒu yǐ qián nà me hóng le .
    • Michael Jackson is not as popular as he used to be.
  4. Mandarin
    太逊了
    太遜了
    tài xùn le
    • so lame
  5. Mandarin
    接著讲理查逊的《帕摩娜》,这是当时风行的卢梭书信体小说,但是比起我读过的《少年维特之烦恼》来,又相形见绌了。
    接著講理查遜的《帕摩娜》,這是當時風行的盧梭書信體小説,但是比起我讀過的《少年維特之煩惱》來,又相形見絀了。
    jiē zhe jiǎng lǐ chá xùn de “ pà mó nà ” , zhè shì dāng shí fēng xíng de lú suō shū xìn tǐ xiǎo shuō , dàn shì bǐ qǐ wǒ dú guo de “ shào nián wéi tè zhī fán nǎo ” lái , yòu xiàng xíng jiàn chù le .
    • Then Richardson's Pamela was taught. It's an epistolary novel popular at the time. However, The Sorrows of Young Werther, which I had read before, made it pale by comparison.