差氣

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	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (差氣)		差	氣
simp. (差气)		差	气

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha-khùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'quix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/

Adjective

差氣

1. (Southern Min, of quality, ability, etc.) no good; disappointing

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)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 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)