出差

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	send; mission; errand
trad. (出差)		出	差
simp. #(出差)		出	差

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūchāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄔㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ caai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-chhâi
• Jin (Wiktionary): cueh⁴ cai¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): chók-chă̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-chhe / chhut-chhee / chhut-chhai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ cê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄔㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuchai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻai¹
    • Yale: chū-chāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchai
    • Palladius: чучай (čučaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ caai¹
    • Yale: chēut chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-chhâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ cai^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² t͡sʰai̯²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cueh⁴ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chók-chă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhee
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-tshee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhai
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-tshai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhay
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ cê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk tshe
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha
    • MiniDict: tsheh^入 tsha; tsheh^入 tsha^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsheq-tsha; ⁴tsheq ¹tsha
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰəʔ³³ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴  t͡sʰa⁵³/

Verb

出⫽差 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to go away somewhere for business or other official purposes; to go away on business; to go on a business trip

Synonyms

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• 出trip (ceot¹ cip¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 出勤 (chūqín)
• 出張 / 出张 (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 差旅 (chāilǚ)

References

• “出差”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.