HSK 4 · Transport

出差 chūchāi “to go on an official or business trip” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出差 means

  1. to go on an official or business trip

How to say 出差

    出差 in a sentence

    1. 我爸爸经常去美国出差。

      Wǒ bàba jīngcháng qù Měiguó chūchāi.

      My father often goes to America on business.

      Sentence #334243 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 你经常去国外出差吗？

      Nǐ jīngcháng qù guówài chūchāi ma?

      Do you often go overseas on business?

      Sentence #609949 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 你去国外是玩儿还是出差？

      Nǐ qù guówài shì wánr háishi chūchāi?

      Did you go overseas for a holiday or for work?

      Sentence #358141 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 出差 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
    出chūto go out; to come out
    • 屮sprout · chè
    • 凵open box · kǎn

    Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

    The character 差 (chà) with each of its parts in a different colour
    差chāito send
    • 羊sheep · yáng
    • 工work · gōng

    How to write 出差

    出 5 strokes · 差 9 strokes

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    出差 (chūchāi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 出差 (chūchāi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 出差

    Words with 出

    出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

    Words with 差

    差chà · differ from差不多chàbuduō · almost时差shíchā · time difference差距chājù · gap误差wùchā · error差别chābié · difference偏差piānchā · deviation相差xiāngchà · to differ

    More words: Everyday Things

    照片zhàopiàn · picture照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera只zhī · measure word for animals (a cat种zhǒng · kind出发chūfā · to set off登机牌dēngjīpái · boarding pass高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway航班hángbān · (scheduled) flight

    FAQs

    出差 (chūchāi) means “to go on an official or business trip”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it chūchāi: chūchāi. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 出差 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuchai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出差 from the suggestions. Typing chuchai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    出差 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.