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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
HSK 1
difference; distinction; disparity
HSK 5
almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
HSK 2
difference / error / inaccuracy
HSK 7-9
disparity / gap
HSK 5
difference; discrepancy
HSK 6
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 5
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
to not lack
not bad / OK
almost / nearly
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
to report back after completion of one's mission
(idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission
balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference
HSK 7-9
poor evaluation / adverse criticism
difference in price
disparity between rich and poor
(statistics) standard deviation
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
bad / no good / below average / disappointing
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
information asymmetry; information gap (esp. a difference in access to information that can be exploited for profit)
to adjust to a different time zone
variance (statistics)
(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
price difference
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
to dispatch
the great majority
so uneducated! / so ignorant!
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to travel on business; to go on a business trip
not much difference
(idiom) variable / uneven / irregular
sriracha (loanword)
to differ
HSK 7-9
(trade or budget) surplus
HSK 7-9
official business / government workmen / odd-job men
mistake / error / mishap
differential (gear)
arithmetic series (such as 2+4+6+8+...)
time difference / time lag / jet lag
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
debit balance (accountancy)
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
erhua variant of 差點|差点
HSK 5
disparity between the sexes
mistake
bias / deviation
HSK 7-9
local differences in price / regional price variation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
differentiation (of a product from its competitors etc)
(math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential
difference equation (math.)
difference
trade deficit / adverse trade balance
to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL)
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
lucrative job / cushy job
(statistics) covariance
(math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference
differential gear
hairsbreadth difference
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
poor / not up to standard
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
arithmetic progression
range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
mediocre / rather poor / not specially good
to moonlight / side job
(numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
business travel expenses
(optics) aberration
poles apart (idiom) / entirely different
postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
weak student
adverse trade balance / trade deficit
uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated
trade surplus
messenger
almost / nearly / (i.e. same as 差點|差点)
phase difference
tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series)
official errand / bailiff in a yamen
to slip (e.g. of clutch) / slippage / also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
see 苦差
labor conscripted to support the military
difference in exchange rates in different regions
(neologism c. 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea
offset distance
differential (between grades) / salary differential
roughly the same

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