差事

chà shì · cha shi/chāi shi · chai shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

chà shì 差事

  1. poor
  2. not up to standard

chāi shi 差事

  1. errand
  2. assignment
  3. job
  4. commission
  5. CL:件 (jiàn)
  6. see also 差使 (chāi shi)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)不(bú)是(shì)件(jiàn)困(kùn)难(nan)的(de)差(chāi)事(shi)。

This isn't a difficult job.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

经(jīng)理(lǐ)让(ràng)我(wǒ)去(qù)银(yín)行(háng)办(bàn)一(yí)件(jiàn)差(chāi)事(shi)。

The manager asked me to run an errand at the bank.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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