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差
chāi
1. to send
2. to commission
3. messenger
4. mission
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 (17)

交差
jiāochāi
to report back after completion of one's mission
信差
xìnchāi
messenger
兼差
jiānchāi
to moonlight
出差
chūchāi
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 4
官差
guānchāi
official business
差事
chāishi
errand
差使
chāishǐ
to send
差使
chāishi
official post
差役
chāiyì
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
差派
chāipài
to dispatch
差遣
chāiqiǎn
to send (on errand)
支差
zhīchāi
to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
钦差
qīnchāi
imperial envoy
美差
měichāi
cushy job
肥差
féichāi
lucrative job
苦差
kǔchāi
hard and unprofitable (job)
跟差
gēnchāi
attendant

Alternate Entries

差
chā
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake
HSK 3
差
chà
to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior
HSK 3

Metadata

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