差

The character "差" has 9 strokes. "差" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "差" has 5 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "差" are "chā" "chà" "chāi" "chài" "cī" . View the stroke order of "差">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "差"

n.: difference; discrepancy; dissimilarity; mistake; error; errand; job; mission; duty; old errand man; runner

v.: differ; differ from; fall short of; be less than; be short of; be insufficient/inadequate; not be up to the standard; be inferior; be poor; be substandard; send on an errand; dispatch

adv.: slightly; barely; only just

adj.: wrong; erroneous; mistaken; faulty

• difference : n.差异点；不同之处；差异；不同；差额；分歧；余额；意见不同；争吵；附加图记
• discrepancy : n.悬殊；迥异；差异；不符
• dissimilarity : n.不同；相异点；相异
• mistake : n.错误；过失；失策；失误；不准确
• error : n.错误；差错；出错；误差
• errand : n.差事；差使；任务；使命
• job : n.工作；任务；职位；工作岗位；刺；插；挤；猛扭；（Job）人名：约伯
• mission : n.任务；使命；代表团；使馆；航天飞行；天职；传教团；外交使团；布道团；驻外机构
• duty : n.责任；义务；职责；税；能率；功率；兵役
• runner : n.跑动者；走私者；滑行装置；滑道；滑槽；冰刀；蔓；长匐茎；纤匐枝；长条地毯；回转磨石；上磨盘；警官；青鲹
• differ : v.不同；相异；意见不同
• differ from : 不同于；区别于；有别于
• fall short of : 达不到, 不符合
• be short of : 短缺；缺乏；缺少
• dispatch : v.派遣；发送；迅速办妥；对付对手；杀死
• slightly : adv.稍微地；些许地；纤弱地；瘦小地
• barely : adv.仅仅；几乎不；贫乏地；光秃秃；公开地；不加掩饰地；才；刚刚
• only just : 仅仅, 勉强；刚刚, 刚才
• wrong : adj.不正确的；错误的；不合乎事实的；出错的；坏的；不合适的；不适当的；不道德的；弄错的；不正常的
• erroneous : adj.错误的；不正确的
• mistaken : adj.意见错误的；弄错的；错误的；基于误解（或误判）的
• faulty : adj.运转不灵的；有故障（或毛病）的；有缺陷的；不完善的；错误的；有误导作用的

Form words with "差"

装备差 be ill-equipped; be poorly-equipped

水位差 hydraulic gradient

差忒 error; mistake

压力差 pressure difference; differential pressure

焓差 enthalpy difference

色调差 hue difference

固定差 fixed difference

饱和差 saturation deficit/deficiency

价格差 price margin

差两本书 two books short

差分化 differencing

高度差 altitude difference; (altitude) intercept

温度露点差 dew-point deficit;dew point depression

差五分九点 five minutes to nine

五点差一刻 a quarter to five

像差函数 aberration function

像差曲线 aberration curve

球面像差 spherical aberration

分毫无差 be extremely accurate

差六分六点 six to six

Example phrases using "差"

• 他能力比别人差，但比别人勤奋。

  He was behind the others in ability, but before them in diligence.

• 听了他的话，她差不点儿笑出声来。

  She was on the verge of laughing at his words.

• 你不同意，我回去交不了差。

  If you don’t agree, I won’t account for the trip when I go back.

• 那边儿还差两层砖，找平了再往上砌。

  Two more layers of bricks are needed over there. Let’s get that done before going further up.

• 今儿先给你一部分，差多少明儿找齐。

  We’ll pay you part of the sum today and make up the balance tomorrow.

• 经理时不时差小伙子跑腿。

  This manager sends the young fellow on an errand for him now and then.

• 我让他逮住跑了一趟差。

  He got hold of me and made me run an errand for him.

• 她推托家里有小孩要照顾，不想去出这趟差。

  She did not want to go on this business trip and pleaded that she had a child to take care of.

• 他涵养差，容易上火。

  He easily loses self-restraint and gets angry at the slightest provocation.

• 这质量差老鼻子了。

  The quality is far inferior.