差

I

chā

difference; dissimilarity;, difference, only just; barely, inferior

II

chà

differ from; fall short of, be less than; be short of, wrong, not up to standard; poor; D; weak; inferior, to

III

chāi

send on an errand; dispatch, errand; job

IV

cī

See 参差 (cēncī), This character is never used alone.

See 參差 (cēncī), This character is never used alone.

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differ from; difference; dispatch; errand; mistake

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difference; mistake; dispatch; errand; job

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chā

n. difference, error, discrepancy

chā

v. differ, err, mistake, make a mistake, lack

chà

adj. different, short of, poor

chāi

n. mission

chāi

v. send, commission

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1)

cha1

difference, discrepancy, to differ, error, to err, to make a mistake

2)

cha4

to differ from, to fall short of, lacking, wrong, inferior

3)

chai1

to send, to commission, messenger, mission

4)

ci1

uneven

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1) 差

chài

(书) 同 “瘥” (chài)另见 chā; chà; chāi; cī。

2) 差

chāi

动

（派遣） send on an errand; dispatch:

差人去送封信 send a letter by messenger;

差他去办件事 send (dispatch) him on an errand;

鬼使神差 doings of ghosts and gods

名

（被派遣去做的事; 公务; 职务） errand; job:

公差 public errand; noncombatant duty;

兼差 hold more than one job concurrently

（旧时的差役） corvée; runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen:

听差 manservant; office attendant

另见 chā; chà; chài; cī。

3) 差

chà

动

（不相同; 不相合） differ from; fall short of:

我们离党的要求还差得远。 We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.

（缺欠; 短少） wanting; short of:

差两个人 two people short;

差7天不到一年 seven days short of a year;

还差一道工序。 There's still one more step in the process.

形

（错误） wrong:

这你可说差了。 You're wrong there.

（不好; 不符合标准） not up to standard; poor; bad; inferior:

成绩不算太差。 The results are by no means poor.

这个工厂设备差， 可是产品并不差。 The factory's equipment is not up to much, but its products are not at all bad.

这台收音机质量很差， 用了不到一年就坏了。 This radio is poor in quality; it broks down within less than a year of use.

另见 chā; chāi; chài; cī。

4) 差

chā

名

（不相同; 不相合） difference; dissimilarity:

时差 time difference

（差错） mistake:

偏差 deviation

{数} （差数） difference:

6和3的差是3。 The difference between 6 and 3 is 3.

副

(书) （稍微; 较; 尚） slightly; comparatively; a bit另见 chà; chāi; chài; cī。

5) 差

cī

（构词成分）见 “参差” (cēn cī)另见 chā; chà; chāi; chài。

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Ⅰ. 差|差 [chā] ► difference ► discrepancy ► to differ ► error ► to err ► to make a mistake

Ⅱ. 差|差 [chà] ► to differ from ► to fall short of ► lacking ► wrong ► inferior

Ⅲ. 差|差 [chāi] ► to send ► to commission ► messenger ► mission

Ⅳ. 差|差 [cī] ► uneven