差遣

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	dispatch
trad. (差遣)		差	遣
simp. #(差遣)		差	遣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāiqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ hin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâi-khién / chhâi-khián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe-khián / chhee-khián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāiqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaiciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: chāi-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaichean
    • Palladius: чайцянь (čajcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ hin²
    • Yale: chāai hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâi-khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai´ kien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai<sup>1</sup> kian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâi-khián
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai´ kian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai¹ kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯²⁴ kʰi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-khián
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'qiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee-khián
    • Tâi-lô: tshee-khián
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/

Verb

差遣

1. to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy

   • 我又聽見主的聲音說：「我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯為我們去呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
     我又听见主的声音说：「我可以差遣谁呢？谁肯为我们去呢？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 以賽亞書 (Isaiah) 6:8a

     Wǒ yòu tīngjiàn Zhǔ de shēngyīn shuō: “Wǒ kěyǐ chāiqiǎn shéi ne? Shéi kěn wèi wǒmen qù ne?” [Pinyin]

     Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?

Synonyms

• 使使 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 使蕩／使荡 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差派 (Hokkien)
• 打發／打发 (dǎfa)
• 派
• 派出 (pàichū)
• 派遣 (pàiqiǎn)
• 驅使／驱使 (qūshǐ) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 使喚／使唤 (shǐhuàn)
• 支使 (zhīshǐ)