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Chinese
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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 |
teach; teaching; religion
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| trad. (差教)
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差
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教
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| simp. #(差教)
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差
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教
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差使
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Pronunciation
Verb
差教
- (Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy; to assign; to command; to commission; to order about
伊定定予人咧差教。 - I tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ hō͘ lâng le̍h chhe-kah.
- He/She often sends people on errands.
彼个囡仔真好差教。 - Hit ê gín-á chin hó chhe-kà.
- That kid is easy to order about.
- (Hokkien) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
我做代誌真頇顢，你就加共我差教咧。
我做代志真顸颟，你就加共我差教咧。 - Góa chò tāi-chì chin hân-bān, lí tō ke kā góa chhe-kà--leh.
- I'm very clumsy at doing things, so you should just tell me how to do it.
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Further reading
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 66; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 66
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 189; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 189