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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)

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