出差
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
出差 (chūchāi) · to go on a business trip
出差 (chūchāi) means “to go on a business trip”. It is written with 2 characters: 出 (to go out) + 差 (poor). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 出差 is built
The characters
出 chū · to go out
What 出 is made of
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
差 chà · poor
What 差 is made of
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Work 工 done by a sheep 羊; incompetence (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
爸爸下周要出差。Bàba xiàzhōu yào chūchāi.Dad is going on a business trip next week.
你常常出差吗？Nǐ chángcháng chūchāi ma?Do you often travel for work?
Questions about 出差
What does 出差 mean?
出差 (chūchāi) means “to go on a business trip”.
How do you pronounce 出差?
出差 is pronounced chūchāi.
Which HSK level is 出差?
出差 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出口chūkǒuexit
- 出门chūménto go out
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
- 出租chūzūto rent out
Learn 出差 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.