差chà
Ⅰ ❶ (不相同；不相合) differ from;fall short of: 我们离党的要求还 ～ 得远。 We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
❷ (缺欠；短少) wanting;short of: ～ 两个人 two people short；～ 7天不到一年 seven days short of a year；
还 ～ 一道工序。 There's still one more step in the process. Ⅱ ❶ （错误） wrong: 这你可说 ～ 了。 You're wrong there.
❷ (不好；不符合标准) not up to standard;poor;bad;inferior: 成绩不算太 ～。 The results are by no means poor. 这个工厂设备 ～，可是产品并不 ～。 The factory's equipment is not up to much,but its products are not at all bad. 这台收音机质量很 ～，用了不到一年就坏了。 This radio is poor in quality;it broke down within less than a year of use.
另见 see also chā;chāi;chài;cī。
◆差不多 (时间、距离上相差有限) almost;nearly;just about;（程度上相差有限） about the same;similar;（过得去） just about right [enough];not far off;not bad；
差点儿 not quite up to the mark;not good enough;slightly inferior to；
差劲 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；～ 他去办件事 send [dispatch] him on an errand；
鬼使神 ～ doings of ghosts and gods Ⅱ ❶ (被派遣去做 的事；公务；职务) errand;job: 公 ～ public errand;noncombatant duty；
兼 ～ hold more than one job concurrently
❷ （旧时的差役） corvée;runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen : 听 ～ manservant;office attendant
另见 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;[旧] official post;commission；
差使 [旧] official post;billet;commission；
差役 [旧] (无偿劳动；劳役) corvée;（衙门中当差的人） runner [bailiff] in a feudal yamen
差chài
[书] （病除） recover from an illness;be recovered
另见 see also chā;chà;chāi;cī。
差cī
Ⅰ [书] ❶ （次第） order;sequence
❷ （等级） order and degree;social estate [stratum] Ⅱ （构词成分）: 参 ～ [cēn cī] （不齐） uneven;not uniform
另见 see also chā;chà;chāi;chài。
差
difference
差
difference;dissimilarity;discrepancy
时～time difference/你时～倒过来了没有？Have you overcome the jetleg?/相～很大。It makes a world of difference./剪刀～scissors difference