差用

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 use
trad. (差用)		差	用
simp. #(差用)		差	用

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'eng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: tshee-iōng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

Verb

差用

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

   我是予人咧差用。 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Góa sī hō͘ lâng le̍h chhe-ēng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I have people sent on errands.

Synonyms

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

Further reading

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-ēng”, 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