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 13710 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
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Showing all 6 examples containing 差

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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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 差
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