时差
Old HSK 5
时差 (shíchā) · time difference
时差 (shíchā) means “time difference; jet lag”. It is written with 2 characters: 时 (time) + 差 (poor). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 时差 is built
The characters
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (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
北京和东京有一个小时的时差。Běijīng hé Dōngjīng yǒu yī gè xiǎoshí de shíchā.There is a one-hour time difference between Beijing and Tokyo.
我刚回国，还在倒时差。Wǒ gāng huíguó, hái zài dǎo shíchā.I just got back and I'm still getting over jet lag.
Questions about 时差
What does 时差 mean?
时差 (shíchā) means “time difference; jet lag”.
How do you pronounce 时差?
时差 is pronounced shíchā.
Which HSK level is 时差?
时差 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
Learn 时差 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 85: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.