差事 meaning in English
poor; not up to standard
17 strokes
Meaning of 差事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chàshì
- poor
- not up to standard
chāishi
- errand
- assignment
- job
- commission
- see also 差使[chai1 shi5]
Measure word: 件
差事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这不是件困难的差事。
This isn't a difficult job.
说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。
I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.
Stroke order for each character
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差 chà · different · 9 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 差事.
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 差不多 | chàbuduō | almost; nearly |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
| 事实上 | shìshíshang | in fact; in reality |
| 事件 | shìjiàn | incident; event |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
| 本事 | běnshi | source material; original story |
Questions about 差事
What does 差事 mean?
差事 (chàshì) means "poor; not up to standard".
How do you write 差事?
差事 is made of 2 characters: 差 (9 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.