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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
almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
HSK 2
difference; distinction; disparity
HSK 5
disparity / gap
HSK 5
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 5
erhua variant of 差點|差点
HSK 5
difference; discrepancy
HSK 6
difference / error / inaccuracy
HSK 7-9
bias / deviation
HSK 7-9
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
to differ
HSK 7-9
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference
HSK 7-9
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
(trade or budget) surplus
HSK 7-9
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
difference in price
range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
mediocre / rather poor / not specially good
almost / nearly
difference in temperature
to travel on business; to go on a business trip
disparity between rich and poor
degree of disparity / equal difference
uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated
differential (gear)
poor / not up to standard
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series)
official errand / bailiff in a yamen
adverse trade balance / trade deficit
postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
bad / no good / below average / disappointing
(idiom) every few days; every once in a while
time difference / time lag / jet lag
(idiom) variable / uneven / irregular
momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action
to send (on errand)
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
to report back after completion of one's mission
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen
parallax
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
mistake / error / mishap
(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
official business / government workmen / odd-job men
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
accurate to perfection (idiom) / precise to the finest detail
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
cushy job; pleasant task
to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
(astronomy) precession
hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore
poles apart (idiom) / entirely different
(math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential
to not lack
not bad / OK
price difference
poor evaluation / adverse criticism
range (of a set of data) (statistics)
to slip (e.g. of clutch) / slippage / also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
see 苦差
difference in exchange rates in different regions
variance (statistics)
differentiation (of a product from its competitors etc)
lucrative job / cushy job
(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
arithmetic progression
(statistics) covariance
business travel expenses
trade deficit / adverse trade balance
(numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference
difference equation (math.)
trade surplus
(neologism c. 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea
the great majority
sriracha (loanword)
(statistics) standard deviation
to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL)
(coll.) squalid / squalor
phase difference
difference
there is no difference / it makes no difference
differential gear
(idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission
(math.) mean deviation
to adjust to a different time zone
labor conscripted to support the military
heterodyne (electronics)
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
spherical aberration (optics)
so uneducated! / so ignorant!

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