差叫

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 call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order
trad. (差叫)		差	叫
simp. #(差叫)		差	叫

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe-kiò / chhee-kiò

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kiò
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-kiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ kio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kio¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² kio²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee-kiò
    • Tâi-lô: tshee-kiò
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kio²¹/

Verb

差叫

1. (Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy; to assign; to command; to commission; to order about

Synonyms

• 差教
• 差使 (chāishǐ)
• 差用
• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)

Further reading

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kiò”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 66; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 66