公差

gōngchāi

noun #46,924

Meanings

1 official business trip
2 errand on official business

Characters

public, official

errand, dispatch

Examples

他下周出公差，去上海三天。

Tā xià zhōu chū gōngchāi, qù Shànghǎi sān tiān.

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

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.

这是公差不是旅游，你别太放松。

Zhè shì gōngchāi bú shì lǚyóu, nǐ bié tài fàngsōng.

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

Tips

mistakes

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

Stroke Order

公 gōng

差 chà