- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- critic
- to make a pun; to have a double meaning; double entendre
- poem; poetic works
- leader
- to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
- Minister of the Interior
- chairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker
- office; duty
- to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)
- ancient Greece
- creator; founder; initiator
- Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
- disciple; follower
- to originate from
- playing card
- contract bridge (card game)
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- (name) Pierre
- Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
- Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
- joint name; combined name
- foreign policy
- to abdicate
- small town
- capital city of an autonomous region
- naval port; naval base
- five; 5
- eldest brother
- Paul
- Foreign Secretary; (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- Germany
- the male sex; a male
- to address sb deferentially; title; honorific
- command; commander-in-chief
- 唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- northwest part
- port city
- Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
- to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for