差 chà

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. 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')
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. cuō verb to stumble
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'cuō' 差 bf, p. 150)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. chā adverb barely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' chā adv; NCCED '差' chā 4, p. 159)
12. chāi noun an errand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' chāi n 2; NCCED '差' chāi 2, p. 166)
13. chāi noun a messenger; a runner
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' chāi n 1; NCCED '差' chāi 2, p. 166)
14. chā adjective proportionate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '差' chā 2, p. 36)
15. 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)
16. 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)
17. chà adjective uncommon; remarkable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '差' chà 1, p. 37)
18. chā verb to make a mistake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' chā v 1)
19. cī adjective uneven
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' cī adj 1)
20. cī verb to differ
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '差' cī v 1)
21. 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

• 出差错(出差錯) to make a mistake
• 兼差 to moonlight; side job
• 海洋温差发电(海洋溫差發電) ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
• 日差 variation over the day
• 犬牙差互 dog's fangs interlocking; criss-crossed
• 栉比鳞差(櫛比鱗差) dwellings packed closely like teeth in a comb
• 差一点(差一點) just short of
• 球差 spherical aberration (optics)
• 日较差(日較差) diurnal range
• 参差错落(參差錯落) uneven and jumbled; irregular and disorderly; in a tangled mess
• 出差 to go on a business trip
• 温差(溫差) difference in temperature
• 不差 to not lack; not bad
• 较差(較差) mediocre; rather poor
• 阻差办公(阻差辦公) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)
• 差使 official business; to dispatch ; commissioner ; a criminal
• 听差(聽差) a messenger
• 肥差 lucrative job; cushy job
• 脏乱差(髒亂差) squalid; squalor
• 天差地远(天差地遠) poles apart; entirely different
• 差不多的 the great majority
• 差拘 send and arrest
• 误差(誤差) an error
• 承销价差(承銷價差) underwriting spread
• 差商 difference quotient; divided difference; finite difference
• 差额选举(差額選舉) competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
• 周期变差(週期變差) cyclic variation
• 差会(差會) a foreign mission committee
• 等差数列(等差數列) an arithmetic progression
• 差送 to escort
• 方差分析 analysis of variance
• 美差事 a terrific job
• 差之毫厘，失之千里(差之毫釐，失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
• 跟差 attendant
• 差传(差傳) to dispatch a summons
• 差点(差點) not quite; not good enough; almost ; inferior
• 差头(差頭) leader of the yamen messengers
• 差距 disparity; gap
• 千差万别(千差萬別) manifold diversity
• 承销利差(承銷利差) underwriting spread
• 偏差 a deviation; a fault

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 侯差 (侯差) 頃侯差元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 2