Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified
差
差

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

The difference between three and one is two.

疏忽 shūhū
由於 一時 疏忽 錯過 飛機 起飛 時間
由于 一时 疏忽 错过 飞机 起飞 时间

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

出差 chūchāi
爸爸 下週 北京 出差
爸爸 下周 北京 出差

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

明天 出差

My dad is going on a business trip tomorrow.

差不多 chābùduō
考試 題目 上次 差不多
考试 题目 上次 差不多

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

性能 沒有 差別
性能 没有 差别

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

偏差 piānchā
實驗 結果 出現 一些 偏差
实验 结果 出现 一些 偏差

There were some deviations in the experimental results.

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