差池

差池

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	pond; reservoir
simp. and trad. (差池)		差	池
variant forms		差遲／差迟 Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: chāchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: chā chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

差池

1. (literary) mistake; error
2. (literary) mishap; accident

Synonyms

• (mistake):

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Synonyms of 差池

失誤／失误 (shīwù) 失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn) (accident) 差失 (chāshī) 差池 (chāchí) (literary) 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary) 差誤／差误 (chāwù) 差錯／差错 (chācuò) 意外 (yìwài) (accident) 紕繆／纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary) 訛奪／讹夺 (éduó) (literary, of words in a text) 訛脫／讹脱 (étuō) (literary, of words in a text) 訛舛／讹舛 (échuǎn) (literary, of words in a text)

訛誤／讹误 (éwù) (literary, of words in a text) 訛謬／讹谬 (émiù) (literary, of words in a text) 誤差／误差 (wùchā) (especially in data) 誤謬／误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy) 謬誤／谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy) 變故／变故 (biàngù) (unforeseen event) 過失／过失 (guòshī) 過錯／过错 (guòcuò) 錯漏／错漏 (cuòlòu) (of words in a text) 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù) 長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (accident) 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī) (accident)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cīchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘ ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cīchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄔˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsychy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Adjective

差池

1. (literary) uneven; jagged; irregular