HSK6: learn ten words at a time

差 · chà

poor; not good; pronounced chà

I / me我wǒyesterday昨天zuó tiān没睡méi shuìgood好hǎo，today今天jīn tiānfeeling感觉gǎn jué很差hěn chà。

wǒ zuó tiān méi shuì hǎo， jīn tiān gǎn jué hěn chà。

Here, 差: poor; not good; pronounced chà.

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差不多 · chàbuduō

almost; approximately; much the same

we / us我们wǒ menabout the same差不多chà bu duō八点bā diǎnto / arrive到dào。

wǒ men chà bu duō bā diǎn dào。

Here, 差不多: almost; approximately; much the same.

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差点儿 · chàdiǎnr

almost did something; narrowly avoided or missed it

I / me我wǒerhua variant of 差点差点儿chà diǎn érto miss (train, opportunity…错过cuò guò(completed / change)了lepublic transport vehicle公交车gōng jiāo chē。

wǒ chà diǎnr cuò guò le gōng jiāo chē。

Here, 差点儿: almost did something; narrowly avoided or missed it.

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出差 · chūchāi

go on a business trip

(coll.) father爸爸bà bànext week下周xià zhōuto go去qùShanghai municipality…上海shàng hǎito go on an official or…出差chū chāi。

bà ba xià zhōu qù shàng hǎi chū chāi。

Here, 出差: go on a business trip.

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差别 · chābié

difference between things

this这zhè两个liǎng gèword词cíat / in在zàiusage用法yòng fǎ(bound form) up上shàngto have / there is有yǒudifference差别chā bié。

zhè liǎng gè cí zài yòng fǎ shàng yǒu chā bié。

Here, 差别: difference between things.

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差距 · chājù

gap; a difference in level or performance

to pass经过jīng guòto practice练习liàn xí，I / me我wǒand / with和héhe / him他tā(modifier / structural particle)的delevel (of achievement etc)水平shuǐ píngdisparity差距chā jùsmall小xiǎo(completed / change)了le。

jīng guò liàn xí， wǒ hé tā de shuǐ píng chā jù xiǎo le。

Here, 差距: gap; a difference in level or performance.

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时差 · shíchā

time difference between places

to travel旅行lǚ xíngfront前qián，我查wǒ chá(completed / change)了le两个liǎng gècity城市chéng shì(modifier / structural particle)的detime difference时差shí chà。

lǚ xíng qián， wǒ chá le liǎng gè chéng shì de shí chā。

Here, 时差: time difference between places.

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差异 · chāyì

difference; variation between things

this这zhè两个liǎng gèlocal地区dì qū(modifier / structural particle)的de(meteorology) climate气候qì hòuto have / there is有yǒuclear明显míng xiǎndifference差异chā yì。

zhè liǎng gè dì qū de qì hòu yǒu míng xiǎn chā yì。

Here, 差异: difference; variation between things.

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相差 · xiāngchà

to differ by an amount

相差 + amount states how much two quantities differ. 两件衣服相差五十元 means their prices differ by fifty yuan; it does not by itself say which item is more expensive.

两件liǎng jiànclothes衣服yī fú(modifier / structural particle)的deprice价格jià géto differ相差xiāng chà五十元wǔ shí yuán。

liǎng jiàn yī fu de jià gé xiāng chà wǔ shí yuán。

Here, 相差: to differ by an amount.

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