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出差

chū chāiㄔㄨ ㄔㄞ

Sino-Vietnamese: XUẤT SAI

Traditional: 出差

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to go on an official or business trip

Note 差 is read chāi here. Separable: 出了一趟差.

Examples

  • 经理下周去上海出差。

    jīng lǐ xià zhōu qù shàng hǎi chū chāi.

    The manager is going to Shanghai on business next week.

  • 我爸爸经常出差,很少在家。

    wǒ bà ba jīng cháng chū chāi, hěn shǎo zài jiā.

    My dad often travels for work and is rarely home.

  • 这次出差一共三天。

    zhè cì chū chāi yí gòng sān tiān.

    This business trip lasts three days.

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Stroke order

XUẤT · 5 strokes

to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas,

SI · 9 strokes

difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly