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CHINESE CHARACTER

chà

差

差

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lack

HSK 1
Numbered pinyin
cha4
English meanings
be short, lack

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the upper left structure

Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 羊; inside 工.

  • Outside

    羊

  • Inside

    工
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿸羊工

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    xiànzài现在chà差wǔ五fēn分qī七diǎn点。

    It's five to seven now.

  2. 02

    wǒ我chà差yī一diǎn点jiù就chídào迟到le了。

    I was almost late.

  3. 03

    zhè这gè个cài菜wèidao味道chà差le了diǎn点。

    This dish tastes a little off.

  4. 04

    tā他de的chéngjì成绩bù不chà差。

    His grades are not bad.

  5. 05

    wǒmen我们zhījiān之间chà差le了sān三suì岁。

    There's a three-year age gap between us.

  6. 06

    zhìliàng质量chābié差别hěn很dà大。

    The quality differs a lot.

Related words

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 偏差
  • 出差
  • 反差
  • 差不多
  • 差别
  • 差异
  • 差点儿
  • 差距
  • 差错
  • 差额
  • 相差
  • 落差
  • 误差
  • 顺差
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