Hanzi
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used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

chà, chā, chāi, cī, chài, cuō, jiē

Bopomofo

ㄔㄚˋ, ㄔㄚ, ㄔㄞ, ㄘ, ㄔㄞˋ, ㄘㄨㄛ, ㄐㄧㄝ

Jyutping

caa1

Example sentences

chā
三減一的差是二。
三减一的差是二。

The difference between three and one is two.

疏忽 shūhū
由於一時的疏忽,他差點錯過了飛機的起飛時間。
由于一时的疏忽,他差点错过了飞机的起飞时间。

Due to a momentary oversight, he almost missed the plane's departure time.

出差 chūchāi
爸爸下週要去北京出差。
爸爸下周要去北京出差。

Dad is going to Beijing on a business trip next week.

我爸明天要去出差。

My dad is going on a business trip tomorrow.

差不多 chābùduō
這次考試的題目和上次差不多。
这次考试的题目和上次差不多。

The questions in this exam are almost the same as the last one.

這兩輛車的性能沒有太大的差別。
这两辆车的性能没有太大的差别。

There is not much difference in performance between these two cars.

偏差 piānchā
實驗結果出現了一些偏差。
实验结果出现了一些偏差。

There were some deviations in the experimental results.

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