差 chà
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chà
verb
to differ
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: (ABC 'chà' 差 v 1, p. 88; Guoyu '差' chà; Mathews 1931 '差', p. 11; NCCED '差' chà 1, p. 165; Unihan '差') -
chà
adverb
less than; lacking; nearly; almost
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 他的人品很差 'he was lacking in moral character.' (XHW 2016-02-04; ABC 'chà' 差 sv 1, p. 88; Guoyu '差' chà adj 2; NCCED '差' chà 3, p. 165; Unihan '差') -
chà
adjective
wrong
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'chà' 差 sv 2, p. 88; Mathews 1931 '差', p. 11; NCCED '差' chà 2, p. 165; Unihan '差') -
chà
adjective
substandard; inferior; poor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: In the sense of 不好 (ABC 'chà' 差 sv 1, p. 88; Guoyu '差' chà adj 1; NCCED '差' chà 4, p. 165) -
chā
noun
the difference [between two numbers]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'chā' 差 n 1, p. 140; Guoyu '差' chā n 3; NCCED '差' chā 3, p. 159) -
chāi
verb
to send; to dispatch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 派遣; for example, an offical appointed to a task (ABC 'chāi' 差 v, p. 89; Guoyu '差' chāi v 1; Kroll 2015 '差' chāi 2, p. 37; NCCED '差' chāi 1, p. 166) -
cuō
verb
to stumble
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'cuō' 差 bf, p. 150) -
cī
noun
rank
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the senes of 等级 (ABC 'cī' 差 bf, p. 89; Guoyu '差' cī n) -
chā
noun
an error
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 错误 (Guoyu '差' chā n 1; Kroll 2015 '差' chā 3, p. 37; Mathews 1931 '差', p. 11; NCCED '差' chā 2, p. 159) -
chā
noun
dissimilarity; difference
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 区别 (Guoyu '差' chā n 2; Kroll 2015 '差' chā 1, p. 36; Mathews 1931 '差', p. 11; NCCED '差' chā 1, p. 159) -
chā
adverb
barely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' chā adv; NCCED '差' chā 4, p. 159) -
chāi
noun
an errand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' chāi n 2; NCCED '差' chāi 2, p. 166) -
chāi
noun
a messenger; a runner
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' chāi n 1; NCCED '差' chāi 2, p. 166) -
chā
adjective
proportionate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '差' chā 2, p. 36) -
chāi
verb
to select; to choose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 选择 (Guoyu '差' chāi v 2; Kroll 2015 '差' chāi 1, p. 37) -
chài
verb
to recover from a sickness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' chài v; Kroll 2015 '差' chài 1, p. 37) -
chà
adjective
uncommon; remarkable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '差' chà 1, p. 37) -
chā
verb
to make a mistake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' chā v 1) -
cī
adjective
uneven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' cī adj 1) -
cī
verb
to differ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '差' cī v 1) -
cuō
verb
to rub between the hands
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 搓 (Guoyu '差' cuō v)
Contained in
- 周期变差(週期變差) cyclic variation
- 差异性(差異性) difference
- 平均差 mean deviation
- 阴错阳差(陰錯陽差) due to an unexpected turn of events
- 差不多 almost; nearly; similar ; approximately; more or less ; nearly finished
- 贸易顺差(貿易順差) trade surplus
- 差多 a large difference
- 千差万别(千差萬別) manifold diversity
- 差之毫厘,失之千里(差之毫釐,失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
- 差数(差數) difference (the result of subtraction)
- 误差(誤差) an error
- 汇差(匯差) difference in exchange rates in different regions
- 苦差 hard task; difficult mission
- 出大差 to go on a long trip; to be sent to the execution ground
- 差点儿(差點兒) not quite; not good enough; almost
- 邮差(郵差) postman
- 外差 heterodyne
- 参差不齐(參差不齊) unevenly matched
- 差贵贱(差貴賤) to distinguish the noble and the lowly
- 日差 variation over the day
- 肥差 lucrative job; cushy job
- 阻差办公(阻差辦公) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)
- 落差 a drop in elevation; a gap; a disparity
- 种差(種差) determinant
- 摺差 a messenger
- 方差 variance
- 时差(時差) time difference; time lag; jet lag
- 等差 degree of disparity; equal difference
- 年较差(年較差) annual range (temperature, humidity etc)
- 承销价差(承銷價差) underwriting spread
- 人种差别(人種差別) racial differences; racial discrimination
- 逆差 an adverse trade balance; a trade deficit
- 解差 an escort for a prisoner ; to escort a prisoner
- 犬牙差互 dog's fangs interlocking; criss-crossed
- 差拘 send and arrest
- 较差(較差) mediocre; rather poor
- 阴差阳错(陰差陽錯) due to an unexpected turn of events
- 美差事 a terrific job
- 协方差(協方差) covariance
- 剪刀差 prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
- 支差 to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
- 听差(聽差) a messenger
- 差役 forced labor of feudal tenant ; a bailiff; a messenger
- 钦差(欽差) imperial envoy ; imperial envoy
- 差人 a bailiff; a messenger ; to dispatch somebody ; a strange person
- 差点(差點) not quite; not good enough; almost ; inferior
Also contained in
德差伊罗国 、 阿会亘差 、 有法差别相违过 、 纥差呾罗 、 官差
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 228
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 173
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 147
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 127
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 121
- 卷二十八下 志第十八下 曆四下 Volume 28b Treatises 21: Calendar 4b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 110
- 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 105
- 卷二十二 志第三: 曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 100
- 卷五十五 志第七: 曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 98
- 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 94
Collocations
- 僭差 (僭差) 言不僭差賊害 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 9
- 差差 (差差) 差差然而齊 — Xunzi 荀子, 正名篇第二十二 Chapter 22: Correcting Names — count: 6
- 过差 (過差) 如有過差 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十二 禮樂志 Volume 22: Treatise on Rites and Music — count: 5
- 申差 (申差) 虜其將申差 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 4
- 差品 (差品) 死生之制各有差品 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十一 貨殖傳 Volume 91: Usurers — count: 3
- 田差 (田差) 田差三過而不一顧 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 3
- 差跌 (差跌) 所斷差跌者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二 俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 3
- 成差 (成差) 獲秦成差 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 差论 (差論) 其所差論以自左右羽翼者皆良 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 3
- 不肖差 (不肖差) 賢不肖差也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《三王世家》 House of the Three Kings — count: 2