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绌

絀
chù
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 insufficient
  2. 2 deficient
  3. 3 inadequate

Examples

HSK 7-9
相形见绌，指相比之下显得不足。
Xiāngxíngjiànchù, zhǐ xiāngbǐ zhīxià xiǎndé bùzú.
"To look inadequate by comparison" means to seem poor when set beside something better.
HSK 7-9
和新款相比，旧手机相形见绌。
Hé xīn kuǎn xiāngbǐ, jiù shǒujī xiāngxíngjiànchù.
Compared with the new model, the old phone looks decidedly inferior.

Tips

usage
In modern Chinese 绌 appears almost only in 相形见绌, "to be put in the shade by comparison". Its older sense of crimson silk is no longer used.

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk; thread
纟 is the silk radical 糸 in left-side form. The character first named a kind of dyed silk; the thread sense survives only in the radical of 绌.
phonetic
出 chū
to go out
出 supplies the sound (chū shifted to chù) and adds no meaning. The same phonetic appears in 黜 and 拙.

Stroke Order

绌 chù