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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)

美差
měichāi
cushy job
误差
wùchā
difference
HSK 6
等差
děngchā
degree of disparity
级差
jíchā
differential (between grades)
肥差
féichāi
lucrative job
视差
shìchā
parallax
球差
qiúchā
spherical aberration (optics)
种差
zhǒngchā
determinant (characteristic of a species)
差点
chàdiǎn
almost
差额
chāé
balance (financial)
差讹
chāé
error
钦差
qīnchāi
imperial envoy
落差
luòchā
drop in elevation
最差
zuìchā
least
差评
chàpíng
poor evaluation
温差
wēnchā
difference in temperature
相差
xiāngchà
to differ
HSK 6
差距
chājù
disparity
HSK 5
差异
chāyì
difference
差遣
chāiqiǎn
to send (on errand)

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