出差

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	send; mission; errand
trad. (出差)		出	差
simp. ^#(出差)		出	差

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūchāi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄔㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ caai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-chhâi
Jin (Wiktionary): cueh⁴ cai¹
Eastern Min (BUC): chók-chă̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coh⁶ ce¹ / cuoh⁶ ce¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhut-chhe / chhut-chhee / chhut-chhai

(Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ cê¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūchāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄔㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuchai
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻai¹
  - Yale: chū-chāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchai
  - Palladius: чучай (čučaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ caai¹
  - Yale: chēut chāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ tsaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-chhâi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ cai^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² t͡sʰai̯²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cueh⁴ cai¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chók-chă̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: coh⁶ ce¹ [Phonetic: coh⁷ ce¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheoh-cha̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰe⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cuoh⁶ ce¹ [Phonetic: cuoh⁷ ce¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhe
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhef
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhee
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshee
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhai
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-tshai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutzhay
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cug⁴ cê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk tshe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsheq-tsha; ⁷tsheq ¹tsha
  - MiniDict: tsheh^入 tsha; tsheh^入 tsha^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsheq-tsha; ⁴tsheq ¹tsha
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰəʔ³³ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰa⁵³/

Verb

出⫽差 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to go away somewhere for business or other official purposes; to go away on business; to go on a business trip

Synonyms

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出trip (ceot¹ cip¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese)
出勤 (chūqín)
出張 / 出张 (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
差旅 (chāilǚ)

Dialectal synonyms of 出差 (“to go on a business trip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出差
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	出張
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	出差
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	出差
Cantonese	Hong Kong	出差, 出trip
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出差, 出張
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出差, 出張
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出差, 出張
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出差, 出張
	Taoyuan (Nanshi, Pingzhen; Raoping)	出差, 出張
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	出差, 出張
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出差, 出張
Huizhou	Jixi	出差
Jin	Taiyuan	出差
Southern Min	Xiamen	出差
	Quanzhou	出差
	Zhangzhou	出差
	Tainan	出差
Wu	Shanghai	出差

References

“出差”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.