差事
caai1 si6chà shìchāi shi
English
- poor
- errand
- not up to standard
- assignment
- job
- commission
- see also 差使[chai1 shi5]
- duty; assignment
- job; work
量詞 — Classifiers
粵語 — Cantonese
- 任務;俾人差遣去做嘅嘢(量詞:件)
- 工作;職業(量詞:份)
Examples
这不是件困难的差事。
This isn't a difficult job.
Tatoeba · basilhan CC BY
说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。
I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.
Tatoeba · ydcok CC BY
佢俾咗件差事我做。
He assigned a job to me. ----
我逼佢讀書,都係想佢第時有份好差事啫。
I force him to study, just because I want him to have a good job in the future.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk