Ideographic: Work 工 done by a sheep 羊; incompetenceRadical:

meaning for chà:

  • - to differ from
  • - to fall short of
  • - lacking
  • - wrong
  • - inferior
  • - Taiwan pr. [cha1]

meaning for chā:

  • - difference
  • - discrepancy
  • - to differ
  • - error
  • - to err
  • - to make a mistake

meaning for chāi:

  • - to send
  • - to commission
  • - messenger
  • - mission

chángjiāng长江
chà
zhūjiāng珠江
cháng
liǎngbèi两倍

The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.


wǒmen我们
liǎnggèrén两个人
de
jùlí距离
yǒuxiē有些
chà
ò

The distance between us is a bit far.


māo
zhuō
lǎoshǔ老鼠
de
běnlǐng本领
yìdiǎn一点
dōu
chà

Cats are skilled at catching mice.


suízhe随着
niánlíng年龄
zēngzhǎng增长
de
jìyìlì记忆力
biànde变得
yuèláiyuè越来越
chà

As he ages, his memory is getting worse and worse.


zhèjiā这家
cānguǎn餐馆
yīn
fúwù服务
chà
píngjià评价
bùhǎo不好

The restaurant received a negative review for its poor service.