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岔
chà
1. fork in road
2. bifurcation
3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
4. to branch off
5. to turn off
6. to diverge
7. to stray (from the path)
8. to change the subject
9. to interrupt
10. to stagger (times)
HSK 6 Common • Top 15% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

岔
chà
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (18)

道岔
dàochà
railroad switch
岔道
chàdào
side road
岔开
chàkāi
to diverge
打岔
dǎchà
interruption
眼岔
yǎnchà
to mistake for sth else
听岔
tīngchà
to mishear
分岔
fēnchà
bifurcation
南岔
Nánchà
Nancha district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
岔口
chàkǒu
junction
岔子
chàzi
branch road
岔流
chàliú
branch stream
岔调
chàdiào
to lose one's voice (coll.)
岔路
chàlù
fork in the road
出岔子
chūchàzi
to go wrong
三岔口
Sānchàkǒu
At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from [[水滸傳|水浒传<ShuǐhǔZhuàn>]]
扳道岔
bāndàochà
railroad switch
南岔区
Nánchàqū
Nancha district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
找岔子
zhǎochàzi
to look for blemishes

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,133
Word Frequency Rank
12,739 of 84,292

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