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差

chà

to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer

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Tone
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Other readings: chā

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Example sentences

  • 你来这里出差的?

    Nǐ lái zhè lǐ chū chāi de

    Are you here on business?

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  • 他的化学很差。

    Tā de huà xué hěn chà

    He is poor at chemistry.

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  • 我差不多完成了。

    Wǒ chà bu duō wán chéng le

    I'm almost done.

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  • 差不多六点了。

    Chà bu duō liù diǎn le

    It's almost six o'clock.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 差

  • 差chà 4different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [chā]
  • 差不多chà bu duō 4–5–1almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
  • 出差chū chāi 1–1 to go on an official or business trip
  • 差别chā bié 1–2 difference; distinction; disparity
  • 差距chā jù 1–4 disparity; gap
  • 差点儿chà diǎn r 4–3 erhua variant of 差点; almost; nearly
  • 差一点儿chà yī diǎn r 4–1–3erhua variant of 差一点; almost; nearly
  • 差异chā yì 1–4 difference; discrepancy
  • 相差xiāng chà 1–4 to differ; discrepancy between
  • 时差shí chā 2–1 time difference; time lag; jet lag
  • 误差wù chā 4–1 difference; error; inaccuracy
  • 偏差piān chā 1–1 bias; deviation