差

Pinyin: chà

different; to fall short; to lack; wrong; mistaken; not up to standard; inferior

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 adjectiveverb

Example sentence

你没理由觉得自己比别人差的。

Nǐ méi lǐyóu juéde zìjǐ bǐ biéren chà de.

There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.

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What 差 means

差 (chà) is a Chinese word meaning “different; to fall short; to lack; wrong; mistaken; not up to standard; inferior”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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