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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
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
difference; discrepancy
HSK 6
to not lack
not bad / OK
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
to report back after completion of one's mission
(idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission
difference / error / inaccuracy
HSK 7-9
inferior / not up to par / to fall far short / to be mistaken
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
(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
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
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)
variance (statistics)
poor evaluation / adverse criticism
to dispatch
differentiation (of a product from its competitors etc)
(idiom) variable / uneven / irregular
the great majority
uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to travel on business; to go on a business trip
not much difference
difference
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
sriracha (loanword)
to differ
HSK 7-9
bad / no good / below average / disappointing
(meteorology) diurnal range (temperature, humidity etc)
differential (between grades) / salary differential
official business / government workmen / odd-job men
mistake / error / mishap
differential (gear)
range (of a set of data) (statistics)
(statistics) standard deviation
(statistics) covariance
disparity between rich and poor
balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference
HSK 7-9
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
business travel expenses
time difference / time lag / jet lag
postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
(trade or budget) surplus
HSK 7-9
difference in price
bias / deviation
HSK 7-9
almost / nearly
imperial envoy
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
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
(math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential
difference equation (math.)
price difference
single supplement (for a hotel room)
lucrative job / cushy job
(math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference
accurate to perfection (idiom) / precise to the finest detail
almost / nearly / (i.e. same as 差點|差点)
hairsbreadth difference
poles apart (idiom) / entirely different
poor / not up to standard
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
trade deficit / adverse trade balance
to moonlight / side job
difference (the result of subtraction)
(numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference
(optics) aberration
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
weak student
adverse trade balance / trade deficit
annual range (temperature, humidity etc)
arithmetic progression
messenger
offset distance
underwriting spread
phase difference
so uneducated! / so ignorant!
tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series)
official errand / bailiff in a yamen
range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
mediocre / rather poor / not specially good
see 苦差
to slip (e.g. of clutch) / slippage / also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
labor conscripted to support the military
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
error
trade surplus

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