差 (chà) — (adjective) poor, inferior, not up to standard; (adjective) wrong, mistaken; (verb) to be short of, to lack
Definition
With tone chà it covers two main uses: as an adjective meaning 'wrong' (你写差了, like 错误) or 'poor/inferior', and as a verb meaning 'to be short of' (还差两块钱, like 缺). Don't confuse it with the other tone chā meaning 'different'.
adjective
poorinferiornot up to standardwrongmistaken
verb
to be short ofto lack
Easily confused
Examples
- 差。Zhè ge shǒu jī hěn chà.This phone is very poor.
- 差。Hái chà liǎng kuài qián.Still short two yuan.
- 差。Nǐ xiě chà le.You wrote it wrong.
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