差遣

Chinese edit

		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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāiqiǎn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chāiqiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞㄑㄧㄢˇ
  - 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: cai¹ kian³
  - 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 edit

差遣

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 edit

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 edit

使喚／使唤 (shǐhuàn)
支使 (zhīshǐ)