出差

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	send; mission; errand
trad. (出差)		出	差
simp. ^#(出差)		出	差

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūchāi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄔㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ caai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-chhâi
Jin (Wiktionary): cueh⁴ cai¹
Eastern Min (BUC): chók-chă̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhut-chhe / chhut-chhee / chhut-chhai

(Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ cê¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūchāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄔㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuchai
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻai¹
  - Yale: chū-chāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchai
  - Palladius: чучай (čučaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ caai¹
  - Yale: chēut chāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ tsaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-chhâi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ cai^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² t͡sʰai̯²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cueh⁴ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chók-chă̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhe
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhee
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhai
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhay
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cug⁴ cê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk tshe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha
  - MiniDict: tsheh^入 tsha; tsheh^入 tsha^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsheq-tsha; ⁴tsheq ¹tsha
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰəʔ³³ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰa⁵³/

Verb

出⫽差 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to go away somewhere for business or other official purposes; to go away on business; to go on a business trip

Synonyms

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出trip (ceot¹ cip¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese)
出勤 (chūqín)
出張 / 出张 (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
差旅 (chāilǚ)

References

“出差”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.