差 (caa1 caai1 ci1 | cha4 cha1 chai1 ci1) : inferior; difference; mistake; errand

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差

caa1 caai1 ci1

cha4 cha1 chai1 ci1

[粵] caa1 | [國] cha4
[1] [adj] inferior; substandard; erroneous
[2] [v] diverge from; be dissimilar; fall short of
[3] [v] lack; be less than; be short of

[粵] caa1 | [國] cha1
[1] [n] difference; discrepancy; dissimilarity
[2] [n] mistake; error; slip
[3] [adv] slightly; barely; only just
[4] [math] [n] difference | ant. 和

[粵] caai1 | [國] chai1
[1] [v] send on an errand; dispatch; assign
[2] [n] errand; mission; assignment
[3] [n] errand boy; messenger; runner

[粵] ci1 | [國] ci1
[adj] uneven; irregular; not uniform

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 工 (#48)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

差

This word has been viewed 13773 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Jul 2012 05:22

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是拉差 si6 laai1 caa1 shi4 la1 cha4 = Sriracha - Thai hot sauce

差不多 caa1 bat1 do1 cha4 bu5 duo1 (PRC), cha1 bu4 duo1 (Taiwan) = almost

差人 caai1 jan4 = a policeman 粵

差館 caai1 gun2 = police station 粵

差唔多 caa1 m4 do1 = similar, almost alike 粵

信差 seon3 caai1 xin4 chai1 = postman, mailman; runner, messenger

郵差 jau4 caai1 you2 chai1 = postman; mailman

差佬 caai1 lou2 = a policeman 粵

相差 soeng1 caa1 xiang1 cha4 = to differ; difference

差點兒 caa1 dim2 ji4 cha4 dianr3 = almost; just about to 國

差啲 caa1 di1 = almost, just about to ; worse 粵

差錯 caa1 co3 cha1 cuo4 = mistake; accident

差距 caa1 keoi5 cha1 ju4 = disparity; gap; difference

差異 caa1 ji6 cha1 yi4 = difference; discrepancy

差別 caa1 bit6 cha1 bie2 = disparity; difference; discrepancy

出差 ceot1 caai1 chu1 chai1 = to go on a business trip

誤差 ng6 caa1 wu4 cha1 = difference; inaccuracy; error

當差 dong1 caai1 dang1 chai1 = to be a policeman or policewoman

時差 si4 caa1 = time difference

逆差 jik6 caa1 = adverse balance of trade; trade deficit

差使 caai1 sai2/si3 = envoy, messenger ([n] si3, [v] sai2)

差婆 caai1 po4 = policewoman

差舘 caai1 gun2 = police station 粵

差少少 caa1 siu2 siu2 = nearly, almost 粵

阿差 aa3 caa1 = Indian/Pakistani person in HK (derogatory) 粵

差池 caa1 ci4 cha1 chi2 = error; accident

行差踏錯 haang4 caa1 daap6 co3 = errant

交通差 gaau1 tung1 caai1 jiao1 tong1 chai1 = a traffic policeman

沒有差別 mut6 jau5 caa1 bit6 mei2 you3 cha1 bie2 = there is no difference; it makes no difference 國

差點 caa1 dim2 cha4 dian3 = almost 國

偏差 pin1 caa1 pian1 cha1 = bias; deviation; offset

偏差距離 pin1 caa1 keoi5 lei4 pian1 cha1 ju4 li2 = offset distance

差勁 caa1 ging6 cha4 jin4 = useless; poor

百分誤差 baak3 fan6 ng6 caa1 bai3 fen1 wu4 cha1 = percentage error

相對誤差 soeng1 deoi3 ng6 caa1 xiang1 dui4 wu4 cha1 = relative error

絕對誤差 zyut6 deoi3 ng6 caa1 jue2 dui4 wu4 cha1 = absolute error

變差 bin3 caa1 bian4 cha1 = deviation

表示差別的 biu2 si6 caa1 bit6 dik1 biao3 shi4 cha1 bie2 de5 = [adj] discriminative 國

差餉 caai1 hoeng2 = government rates

歲差 seoi3 caa1 sui4 cha4 = the precession of the equinoxes

嚤囉差 mo1 lo1 caa1 = indian person 粵

差遣 caai1 hin2 chai1 qian3 = [v] send sb. on an errand or mission, dispatch, assign

交差 gaau1 caai1 jiao1 chai1 = report to the leadership after accomplishing a task

差事 caai1 si6 chai1 shi5 = errand; assignment

差役 caai1 jik6 chai1 yi4 = corvee; runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen

押解差 aat3 gaai3 caai1 ya1 jie3 chai1 = the public official who escorts a criminal

相位差 soeng3 wai6*2 caa1 xiang4 wei4 cha1 = phase difference

苦差事 fu2 caai1 si6 ku3 chai1 shi5 = drudgery; hard job

差強人意 caa1 koeng4 jan4 ji3 cha1 qiang2 ren2 yi4 = just passable; barely satisfactory

神差鬼使 san4 caai1 gwai2 si2 shen2 chai1 gui3 shi3 = unexpected happenings

參差 caam1 ci1 cen1 ci1 = uneven

苦差 fu2 caai1 ku3 chai1 = difficult task; hard and unprofitable job

差得遠 caa1 dak1 jyun5 cha1 de5 yuan3 = very different; entirely different

差得多 caa1 dak1 do1 cha1 de5 duo1 = very different; entirely different

摩囉差 mo1 lo1 caa1 = an Indian (South Asian); an Indian police officer 粵

老差骨 lou5 caai1 gwat1 = a policeman with many years experience 粵

雜差 zaap6 caai1 za2 cai1 = plain clothes police officer or criminal police 粵

貿易順差 mau6 jik6 seon6 caa1 mao4 yi4 shun4 cha4 = trade surplus

貧富差距 pan4 fu3 caa1 keoi5 pin2 fu4 cha1 ju4 = wealth gap

差天共地 caa1 tin1 gung6 dei6 = great difference 粵

色差 sik1 caa1 se4 cha1 = chromatic aberration, component, color difference

棋差一着 kei4 caa1 jat1 zoek6 qi2 cha1 yi1 zhao1 = take a wrong step; miscalculate

最大絕對誤差 zeoi3 daai6 zyut6 deoi3 ng6 caa1 zui4 da4 jue2 dui4 wu4 cha1 = [math.] maximum absolute error

等差中項 dang2 caa1 zung1 hong6 deng3 cha1 zhong1 xiang4 = [math.] arithmetic mean

差價 caa1 gaa3 = bid and offer spread; price difference

夫差 fu4 caai1 fu2 chai1 = King Fu Chai (last king of Wu)

差利 caa1 lei6 cha1 li4 = Charlie Chaplin

落差 lok6 caa1 luo4 cha1 = disparity

文化差異 man4 faa3 caa1 ji6 wen2 hua4 cha4 yi4 = cultural disparity / diversity

欽差大臣 jam1 caai1 daai6 san4 qin1 chai1 da4 chen2 = imperial envoy; government-appointed commissioner

好仔唔當差 hou2 zai2 m4 dong1 caai1 = a good kid doesn't join the police 粵

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原來你哥哥係差人粵
Your brother was a policeman all along!
[Lit. all along you brother is policeman]

而家差兩個字七點粵
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎粵
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.

等到差佬來，蚊都瞓啦！粵 ?!
[粵] paint will dry before the cops come! lit. to wait for the policeman to come, mosquitos would be asleep

佢啲錢差唔多輸晒咁滯。粵
He has almost lost all his money.
[差唔多 and 咁滯 are two apparently redundant adverbs that share the meaning of "almost". However, when used together, they function as two split constituents that form part of a discontinuous construction.]

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