差教

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	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (差教)		差	教
simp. #(差教)		差	教
alternative forms		差使

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kah
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee-kah
    • Tâi-lô: tshee-kah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kà
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kax
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ ka¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ ka²¹/

Verb

差教

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

   伊定定予人咧差教。 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   I tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ hō͘ lâng le̍h chhe-kah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He/She often sends people on errands.

   彼个囡仔真好差教。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Hit ê gín-á chin hó chhe-kà. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   That kid is easy to order about.

2. (Hokkien) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct

   我做代誌真頇顢，你就加共我差教咧。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   我做代志真顸颟，你就加共我差教咧。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa chò tāi-chì chin hân-bān, lí tō ke kā góa chhe-kà--leh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I'm very clumsy at doing things, so you should just tell me how to do it.

Synonyms

• 差使教, 差用, 差叫
• 差使 (chāishǐ)
• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)

Further reading

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 66; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 66
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 189; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 189