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时差

shí chā

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 時差

时差 (shí chā) means "time difference". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 时差 means

1. time difference
2. time lag
3. jet lag

The characters in 时差

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack

Example sentences

• 我因为时差而感到疲惫。
  Wǒ yīnwèi shíchā ér gǎndào píbèi.
  I feel exhausted because of jet lag.
• 他过马路时差点被车撞。
  He was nearly hit by the car while crossing the street.
• 我需要一个星期来倒时差。
  Wǒ xūyào yī gè xīngqī lái dǎoshíchā.
  I need a week to adjust to the time difference.

Words containing 时差

• 倒时差dǎo shí chāto adjust to a different time zone

Where 时差 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí chā correctly.
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