差

HSK 3#925 by frequencyradical 工

chà["a","v","g"]

different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [chā]

chā

difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

chāi

to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post

cī

used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]

Examples

他们差六岁。

The difference in their ages is six years.

这条路很差。

This road is terrible.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.