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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
disparity / gap
HSK 5
difference; discrepancy
HSK 6
almost / nearly
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference
HSK 7-9
poor evaluation / adverse criticism
difference in price
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
bad / no good / below average / disappointing
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
to dispatch
the great majority
to travel on business; to go on a business trip
mistake / error / mishap
differential (gear)
to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
official post / billet / commission / CL: / see also 差事
erhua variant of 差點|差点
HSK 5
mistake
differentiation (of a product from its competitors etc)
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
(math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential
difference equation (math.)
difference
(math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference
differential gear
poor / not up to standard
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
business travel expenses
weak student
almost / nearly / (i.e. same as 差點|差点)
(neologism c. 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea
error
inferior / not up to par / to fall far short / to be mistaken
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly
to send (on errand)
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen
mistake / slip-up
error / mistake
difference (the result of subtraction)
erhua variant of 差一點|差一点
variant of 差池
erhua variant of 差不離|差不离


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