差叫
Chinese
editdiffer 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 call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order | ||
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trad. (差叫) | 差 | 叫 | |
simp. #(差叫) | 差 | 叫 |
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit差叫
- (Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy; to assign; to command; to commission; to order about
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kiò”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 66; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 66