差勁

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	stalwart; sturdy; strength
trad. (差勁)		差	勁
simp. (差劲)		差	劲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàjìn, chàjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄔㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ ging⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha-kèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: chà-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahjinn
    • Palladius: чацзинь (čaczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàjìnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàjìnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-chin⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chà-jìnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahjiell
    • Palladius: чацзиньр (čaczinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕinə̯ɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàjìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: chà-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahjinq
    • Palladius: чацзин (čaczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ ging⁶
    • Yale: chā gihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ ging⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ ging⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ kɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'kexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

差勁

1. (colloquial, of quality, ability, etc.) no good; bad; poor; disappointing

   我總是覺得自己很差勁。 [MSC, trad.]
   我总是觉得自己很差劲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zǒngshì juéde zìjǐ hěn chàjìn. [Pinyin]

   I always feel like a disappointment.

Synonyms

• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)