lack; lacking (v./adj.)
HSK 3
Traditional
差 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
岔 chà - fork in road; branch off; turn off (v./n.) | HSK 6
Phonetically similar words
茶 chá - tea (n.) | HSK 1
插 chā - stick in; to insert; interpose (v.) | HSK 5
Examples
这两件衣服有很大差。 Zhè liǎng jiàn yīfú yǒu hěn dà chà. - There is a big difference between these two clothes.
他差五分钟迟到。 Tā chà wǔ fēnzhōng chídào. - He is five minutes late.
我的成绩和他的成绩差不多。 Wǒ de chéngjī hé tā de chéngjī chàbùduō. - My grades are similar to his.
我们差了很多钱。 Wǒmen chàle hěnduō qián. - We are short of a lot of money.
她的中文水平和我的差很多。 Tā de zhōngwén shuǐpíng hé wǒ de chà hěn duō. - Her Chinese level is very different from mine.
Phrases
差不多 chà bu duō - almost (adv./adj.) | HSK 4
出差 chū chāi - go on business trip (v.) | HSK 4
差别 chā bié - difference (n.) | HSK 5
差距 chā jù - gap; disparity (n.) | HSK 5
时差 shí chā - time difference (n.) | HSK 5
偏差 piān chā - deviation; offset; deflection (n.) | HSK 6
误差 wù chā - error (n.) | HSK 6
相差 xiāng chà - difference (v.) | HSK 6