| 1 | 差 | 差 | chāi | chai1 | to send; to commission; messenger; mission | | |
| 2 | 出差 | 出差 | chū chāi | chu1 chai1 | to go on an official or business trip | | |
| 3 | 兵差 | 兵差 | bīng chāi | bing1 chai1 | labor conscripted to support the military | | |
| 4 | 阻差办公 | 阻差辦公 | zǔ chāi bàn gōng | zu3 chai1 ban4 gong1 | (law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong) | | |
| 5 | 神差鬼使 | 神差鬼使 | shén chāi guǐ shǐ | shen2 chai1 gui3 shi3 | the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence | | |
| 6 | 钦差 | 欽差 | qīn chāi | qin1 chai1 | imperial envoy | | |
| 7 | 美差事 | 美差事 | měi chāi shì | mei3 chai1 shi4 | a terrific job | | |
| 8 | 美差 | 美差 | měi chāi | mei3 chai1 | cushy job; pleasant task | | |
| 9 | 苦差事 | 苦差事 | kǔ chāi shi | ku3 chai1 shi5 | see 苦差 | | |
| 10 | 苦差 | 苦差 | kǔ chāi | ku3 chai1 | hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery; grind; chore | | |
| 11 | 开小差 | 開小差 | kāi xiǎo chāi | kai1 xiao3 chai1 | to be absent-minded; to desert; to abscond from the army; absent without leave (AWOL) | | |
| 12 | 交差 | 交差 | jiāo chāi | jiao1 chai1 | to report back after completion of one's mission | | |
| 13 | 兼差 | 兼差 | jiān chāi | jian1 chai1 | to moonlight; side job | | |
| 14 | 鬼使神差 | 鬼使神差 | guǐ shǐ shén chāi | gui3 shi3 shen2 chai1 | demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence | | |
| 15 | 官差 | 官差 | guān chāi | guan1 chai1 | official business; government workmen; odd-job men | | |
| 16 | 公差 | 公差 | gōng chāi | gong1 chai1 | official errand; bailiff in a yamen | | |
| 17 | 跟差 | 跟差 | gēn chāi | gen1 chai1 | attendant | | |
| 18 | 肥差 | 肥差 | féi chāi | fei2 chai1 | lucrative job; cushy job | | |
| 19 | 出大差 | 出大差 | chū dà chāi | chu1 da4 chai1 | lit. to go on a long trip; fig. to be sent to the execution ground | | |
| 20 | 差役 | 差役 | chāi yì | chai1 yi4 | forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen | | |
| 21 | 差事 | 差事 | chāi shi | chai1 shi5 | official post; billet; commission; Classifiers: 件 ; errand; assignment; job; commission; Classifiers: 件 | | |
| 22 | 差使 | 差使 | chāi shǐ | chai1 shi3 | to send; to assign; to appoint; servants of an official; official messenger | | |
| 23 | 差遣 | 差遣 | chāi qiǎn | chai1 qian3 | to send (on errand) | | |
| 24 | 差派 | 差派 | chāi pài | chai1 pai4 | to dispatch | | |
| 25 | 差旅费 | 差旅費 | chāi lǚ fèi | chai1 lu:3 fei4 | business travel expenses | | |