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出差chūchāito go on a business trip

Theme
Travel
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
14
Characters
2

How 出差 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

出 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
差 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他下个月去北京出差。

Tā xià gè yuè qù Běijīng chūchāi.

He is going to Beijing on business next month.

  • 他tāhe
  • 下xiàdown; to go down; next
  • 个gègeneral measure word
  • 月yuèmonth; moon
  • 去qùto go
  • 北京BěijīngBeijing
  • 出差chūchāito go on a business trip

出差的时候我住在旅馆。

Chūchāi de shíhou wǒ zhù zài lǚguǎn.

When I travel for work I stay in a hotel.

  • 出差chūchāito go on a business trip
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 时候shíhoutime; moment
  • 我wǒI
  • 住zhùto live; to stay
  • 在zàito be at; in
  • 旅馆lǚguǎnhotel

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 出发
  • 出租chūzūto rent out
  • 差不多