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Chinese
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ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform |
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 |
| trad. (參差)
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參
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差
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| simp. (参差)
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参
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差
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| alternative forms
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嵾嵳／㟥嵳
嵾嵯／㟥嵯
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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參
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差
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| Reading #
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2/4
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4/5
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cēn
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cī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsrhim ›
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‹ tsrhje ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m/
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/*tsʰraj/
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| English
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參差 tsrhim.tsrhje uneven
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參差 uneven
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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參
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差
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| Reading #
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4/5
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6/6
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| No.
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1103
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18042
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Phonetic
component
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參
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左
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Rime
group
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侵
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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嵾
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差
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰrum/
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/*sʰral/
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| Notes
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同嵾
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見孟子
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Adjective
參差
- (ideophonic) irregular; uneven; jagged
參差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
参差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī
- Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.
Synonyms
Adverb
參差
- (literary) approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
Synonyms
- 上下 (shàngxià)
- 光景 (guāngjǐng)
- 前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
- 大抵 (dàdǐ)
- 大概 (dàgài)
- 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
- 大約 / 大约 (dàyuē)
- 大約摸 / 大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
- 大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
- 大致 (dàzhì)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 模樣 / 模样
- 無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
- 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
- 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
Verb
參差
- (literary) to miss (a train, opportunity, etc.); to miss out; to let something slip by
Synonyms
Derived terms
Korean
Root
參差 • (chamchi) (hangeul 참치)
- hanja form? of 참치