差
HSK 1freq #968
Meanings
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- 1.difference; discrepancy
- 2.(math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
- 3.(literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- 1.used in 参差[cēn cī]
- 1.to send (on an errand)
- 2.(archaic) person sent on such an errand
- 3.job; official post
- 1.different
- 2.wrong; mistaken
- 3.to fall short; to lack
- 4.not up to standard; inferior
- 5.Taiwan pr. [chā]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to differ from; to be different; dissimilar; incongruous
- 2.wrong; incorrect; erroneous
- 3.inferior; poor; substandard
- 4.difference; discrepancy
- 5.mistake; wrongdoing
- 6.difference
- 7.to be short of; to fall short of
- 8.to owe
- 9.rather; barely; nearly; almost
- 10.11th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "divergence" (𝌐)
- 11.to dispatch; to assign; to send on an errand
- 12.to select; to choose
- 13.runner; courier; envoy; messenger
- 14.corvée
- 15.errand; task
- 16.uneven; irregular; rough
- 17.to distinguish; to grade; to classify
- 18.grade; rank
- 19.limit; boundary
- 20.Original form of 搓 (cuō, “to rub with one's hands; to scrub; to twist”).
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 來 (“wheat”) + 𠂇 (“left hand”) – to hull wheat by rubbing grains inside hands. Original form of 搓 (OC *sʰlaːl, “to rub with hands; to scrub; to twist”). 工 or 口 was later added under 𠂇 to form 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls, “left”), which is also this character's phonetic component.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他们差六岁。
The difference in their ages is six years.
我差點被淹死。
I almost drowned.
他的化学很差。
He is poor at chemistry.
差點就成功了。
It almost worked.
狗對著郵差叫。
The dog barked at the mailman.
他們的客服很差。
Their customer service is poor.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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