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差
chà
1. to differ from
2. to fall short of
3. lacking
4. wrong
5. inferior
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

差
chà
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

不差
bùchā
to not lack
不差
bùchà
not bad
交差
jiāochāi
to report back after completion of one's mission
信差
xìnchāi
messenger
偏差
piānchā
bias
HSK 6
公差
gōngchā
tolerance (allowed error)
兼差
jiānchāi
to moonlight
出差
chūchāi
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 4
汇差
huìchā
difference in exchange rates in different regions
反差
fǎnchā
contrast
均差
jūnchā
relief (i.e. height of land in geography)
外差
wàichā
heterodyne (electronics)
官差
guānchāi
official business
差事
chàshì
poor
差事
chāishi
errand
差使
chāishǐ
to send
差使
chāishi
official post
差价
chājià
difference in price
差分
chāfēn
difference
差别
chābié
difference
HSK 6

Example Sentences (5)

还差一双筷子，你去拿一下。
Hái chà yì shuāng kuàizi, nǐ qù ná yíxià.
We're still short a pair of chopsticks; go get one.
Text 3
没问题，只要我有，就一定会借给你的。还差多少？
Méi wèntí, zhǐyào wǒ yǒu, jiù yídìng huì jiè gěi nǐ de. Hái chà duōshao?
No problem. As long as I have it, I will definitely lend it to you. How much more do you need?
Text 1
还差5万块钱。
Hái chà wǔ wàn kuài qián.
Still short 50,000 yuan.
Text 1
已经差一刻八点了！我都在这儿坐了半个小时了。
Yǐjīng chà yí kè bā diǎn le! Wǒ dōu zài zhèr zuò le bàn gè xiǎoshí le.
It's already a quarter to eight! I've been sitting here for half an hour now.
Text 4
我最近天天上网玩儿游戏，我的成绩差极了。
wǒ zuìjìn tiāntiān shàngwǎng wánr yóuxì,wǒ de chéngjì chà jí le.
Lately I've been going online every day to play games; my grades are extremely bad.
Text 2

Alternate Entries

差
chā
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake
HSK 3
差
chāi
to send / to commission / messenger / mission
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
731
Word Frequency Rank
815 of 84,292