差chà
Ⅰ? ? (不相同；不相合) differ from;fall short of: 我們離黨的要求還 ～ 得遠。 We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
? (缺欠；短少) wanting;short of: ～ 兩個人 two people short；～ 7天不到一年 seven days short of a year；
還 ～ 一道工序。 There's still one more step in the process. Ⅱ? ? （錯誤） wrong: 這你可說 ～ 了。 You're wrong there.
? (不好；不符合標準) not up to standard;poor;bad;inferior: 成績不算太 ～。 The results are by no means poor. 這個工廠設備 ～，可是產(chǎn)品并不 ～。 The factory's equipment is not up to much,but its products are not at all bad. 這臺收音機質(zhì)量很 ～，用了不到一年就壞了。 This radio is poor in quality;it broke down within less than a year of use.
另見 see also chā;chāi;chài;cī。
◆差不多 (時間、距離上相差有限) almost;nearly;just about;（程度上相差有限） about the same;similar;（過得去） just about right [enough];not far off;not bad；
差點兒 not quite up to the mark;not good enough;slightly inferior to；
差勁 no good;disappointing；
差生 a poor [backward] student;academically and morally poor student
差chāi
Ⅰ ? （派遣） send on an errand;dispatch: ～ 人去送封信 send a letter by messenger；～ 他去辦件事 send [dispatch] him on an errand；
鬼使神 ～ doings of ghosts and gods Ⅱ ? (被派遣去做 的事；公務；職務) errand;job: 公 ～ public errand;noncombatant duty；
兼 ～ hold more than one job concurrently
? （舊時的差役） corvée;runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen : 聽 ～ manservant;office attendant
另見 see also chā;chà;chài;cī。
◆差遣 send sb. on an errand [mission];dispatch;assign；
差使 send;assign;appoint；
差事 errand;assignment;[舊] official post;commission；
差使 [舊] official post;billet;commission；
差役 [舊] (無償勞動；勞役) corvée;（衙門中當差的人） runner [bailiff] in a feudal yamen
差chài
? [書] （病除） recover from an illness;be recovered
另見 see also chā;chà;chāi;cī。
差cī
Ⅰ [書] ? （次第） order;sequence
? （等級） order and degree;social estate [stratum] Ⅱ （構詞成分）: 參 ～ [cēn cī] （不齊） uneven;not uniform
另見 see also chā;chà;chāi;chài。
差
difference
差
difference;dissimilarity;discrepancy
時～time difference/你時～倒過來了沒有？Have you overcome the jetleg?/相～很大。It makes a world of difference./剪刀～scissors difference