English

1. diverge, branch off
2. fork in road
3. fork in road
4. bifurcation
5. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
6. to branch off
7. to turn off
8. to diverge
9. to stray (from the path)
10. to change the subject
11. to interrupt
12. to stagger (times)
13. turnoff; originally referring to where a main road branches into a few roads, now applies to wherever a string/line/lane branches into a few.unreviewed?
14. (lit.) to branch out; (fig.) (of conversation topics) to change; to divert from the original topicunreviewed?

粵語

1. 原指山脈、道路分岐嘅地方，引伸指由一條線支開變成數條線嗰個分岐嘅地方。unreviewed?
2. 字面解延展出多個分支，又引伸為談話中轉移話題，偏離咗原本嘅主題。unreviewed?

Words containing 岔

• 岔開caa3 hoi1

  to diverge

• 打岔daa2 caa3

  interruption

• 道岔dou6 caa3

  railroad switch

• 岔流caa3 lau4

  branch stream

• 南岔naam4 caa3

  see 南岔縣|南岔县[Nan2 cha4 Xian4]

• 岔調caa3 diu6

  (of a voice) husky

• 聽岔ting1 caa3

  to mishear

• 岔子caa3 zi2

  branch road

• 岔口caa3 hau2

  junction

• 分岔fan1 caa3

  (formal) to bifurcate; to branch

• 岔道caa3 dou6

  side road

• 岔路caa3 lou6

  fork in the road

• 眼岔ngaan5 caa3

  to mistake for sth else

• 岔亂caa5 lyun6
• 三岔路口saam1 caa3 lou6 hau2

  at a crossroad

• 隔三岔五gaak3 saam1 caa3 ng5

  variant of 隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3]

• 出岔子ceot1 caa3 zi2

  to go wrong

• 三岔口saam1 caa3 hau2

  At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]

• 南岔縣naam4 caa3 jyun6

  Nancha, a county in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

• 岔亂歌柄caa3 lyun6 go1 beng3

  to interrupt somebody during their speech or conversation; literally: to interrupt a song

• 找岔子zaau2 caa3 zi2

  to look for blemishes

• 扳道岔paan1 dou6 caa3

  railroad switch