差使

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (差使)		差	使

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāishǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ sai²
Min Nan (POJ): chhe-sái / chhee-sái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāishǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaishyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai¹ sai²
  - Yale: chāai sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ sei²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-sái
  - Tâi-lô: tshe-sái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhesae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ saɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee-sái
  - Tâi-lô: tshee-sái
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁵³/

Verb

差使

to dispatch; to order about

Synonyms

差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
(Min Nan) 差教

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāishi, chāishǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ˙ㄕ, ㄔㄞㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ si³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāishi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ˙ㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chai.shy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāishǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaishyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai¹ si³
  - Yale: chāai si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ xi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːi̯⁵⁵ siː³³/

Noun

差使

(literary, historical) official post; temporarily appointed position
(literary, historical) messenger; emissary
(by extension) post; position
(by extension) task; assignment

Derived terms

搪差使
白差使

面子上的差使

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