Chinese Word Entry
差之毫釐，謬以千里Simplified Chinese form: 差之毫厘，谬以千里
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄔㄚ ㄓ ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ, ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | chā zhī háo lí, miù yǐ qiān lǐ |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | caa1 zi1 hou4 lei4, mau6 ji5 cin1 lei5 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 差 | distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance, to differ, different, wrong, nearly, almost, an officer |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄔㄞ (chāi), ㄔㄚ (chā), ㄔㄚˋ (chà), ㄘ (cī), ㄔㄞˋ (chài), ㄘㄨㄛ (cuō), ㄐㄧㄝ (jiē) |
| Cantonese: | caa1 |
| Japanese: | サ (sa)、 シ (shi) / さ.す (sasu)、 さ.し (sashi)、 たがう (tagau)、 たがい (tagai) |
| Korean: | 차 (cha), 치 (chi) |
| Vietnamese: | soa, si, sai, sái |
| 之 | of, this, marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase, it, him her, them, go to |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓ (zhī), ㄓㄨ (zhū), ㄓˋ (zhì) |
| Cantonese: | zi1 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / の (no)、 これ (kore)、 ゆく (yuku)、 この (kono) |
| Korean: | 지 (ji) |
| Vietnamese: | chi |
| 毫 | fine hair, brush, not at all, measure of length |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄠˊ (háo) |
| Cantonese: | hou4 |
| Japanese: | ゴウ (gou)、 コウ (kou) / ごう.も (goumo)、 すこし (sukoshi) |
| Korean: | 호 (ho) |
| Vietnamese: | hào |
| 釐 | few, tenth of a bu, manage, control, thousandth part of tael |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧˊ (lí), ㄒㄧ (xī), ㄌㄞˊ (lái), ㄊㄞ (tāi), ㄌㄞˋ (lài) |
| Cantonese: | hei1 |
| Japanese: | リ (ri)、 キ (ki)、 ライ (rai) / おさ.める (osameru)、 さいわ.い (saiwai)、 りん (rin) |
| Korean: | 리 (ri), 희 (heui) |
| Vietnamese: | ly, hy |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 厘 |
| Semantic variant form: | 厘 |
| 謬 | mistake, error, exaggeration, erroneous |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄇㄧㄡˋ (miù) |
| Cantonese: | mau6 |
| Japanese: | ビュウ (byuu)、 ビョウ (byou)、 ミュウ (myuu) / あやま.る (ayamaru) |
| Korean: | 류 (ryu), 무 (mu) |
| Vietnamese: | mậu |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 谬 |
| 以 | by means of, because, in view of, compared with, thereby, therefore, consider as, in order to |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧˇ (yǐ), ㄙˋ (sì) |
| Cantonese: | ji5 |
| Japanese: | イ (i) / もっ.て (motte)、 おもう (omou)、 ゆえに (yueni) |
| Korean: | 이 (i) |
| Vietnamese: | dĩ |
| 千 | thousand, many, numerous, very, (Cantonese) a cheater, swindler |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄑㄧㄢ (qiān) |
| Cantonese: | cin1 |
| Japanese: | セン (sen) / ち (chi) |
| Korean: | 천 (cheon) |
| Vietnamese: | thiên |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 仟 |
| 里 | ri, village, parent's home, league, unit of distance, lane, Kangxi radical 166 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧˇ (lǐ) |
| Cantonese: | lei5 |
| Japanese: | リ (ri) / さと (sato) |
| Korean: | 리 (ri), 이 (i) |
| Vietnamese: | lý, lịa |