公差

gōngchāi

noun #46,924

Meanings

1 official business trip
2 errand on official business

Characters

public, official

errand, dispatch

Examples

HSK 2

他下周出公差，去上海三天。

Tā xiàzhōu chū gōngchāi, qù Shànghǎi sān tiān.

He's going on a business trip next week - three days in Shanghai.

HSK 4

这是公差不是旅游，你别太放松。

Zhè shì gōngchāi búshì lǚyóu, nǐ bié tài fàngsōng.

This is a business trip, not a vacation - don't get too relaxed.

HSK 7-9

出公差的机票和住宿由公司报销。

Chū gōngchāi de jīpiào hé zhùsù yóu gōngsī bàoxiāo.

The company reimburses flights and lodging for business trips.

Tips

mistakes

Same characters, two different readings: 公差 = official errand / business trip, but 公差 = engineering tolerance / mathematical common difference. Context decides - 出公差 is always the trip sense.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

差 chà