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參差

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| | ginseng; take part in; participateginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform | differ from; short of; to lackdiffer from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | trad. (參差) | 參 | 差 | | simp. (参差) | 参 | 差 | | alternative forms | 嵾嵳／㟥嵳嵾嵯／㟥嵯 | |

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cēncī
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄣㄘ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam1 ci1 / cam1 ci1
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-chhu / chherm-chhir / chhim-chhi / chham-chha / chham-chhu / chham-chhi / chhim-chhe / chham-chhe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  * Hanyu Pinyin: cēncī
  * Zhuyin: ㄘㄣㄘ
  * Tongyong Pinyin: cencih
  * Wade–Giles: tsʻên1-tzʻŭ1
  * Yale: tsēn-tsz̄
  * Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsentsy
  * Palladius: цэньцы (cɛnʹcy)
  * Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
  * Homophones:
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  | editedit參差 / 参差嵾嵳 / 㟥嵳 |
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
  * Jyutping: caam1 ci1 / cam1 ci1
  * Yale: chāam chī / chām chī
  * Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam1 tsi1 / tsam1 tsi1
  * Guangdong Romanization: cam1 qi1 / cem1 qi1
  * Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhu
  * Tâi-lô: tshim-tshu
  * Phofsit Daibuun: chimzhw
  * IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chherm-chhir
  * Tâi-lô: tsherm-tshir
  * IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰəm³³ t͡sʰɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhi
  * Tâi-lô: tshim-tshi
  * Phofsit Daibuun: chimchy
  * IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chha
  * Tâi-lô: tsham-tsha
  * Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhaf
  * IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³ t͡sʰa³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhu
  * Tâi-lô: tsham-tshu
  * Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhw
  * IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhi
  * Tâi-lô: tsham-tshi
  * Phofsit Daibuun: zhamchy
  * IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhe
  * Tâi-lô: tshim-tshe
  * Phofsit Daibuun: chimzhef
  * IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhe
  * Tâi-lô: tsham-tshe
  * Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhef
  * IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsrhim tsrhje
Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰr][u]m tsʰraj/
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰrum sʰral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	參	差
Reading #	2/4	4/5
ModernBeijing(Pinyin)	cēn	cī
MiddleChinese	‹ tsrhim ›	‹ tsrhje ›
OldChinese	/*[tsʰr][u]m/	/*tsʰraj/
English	參差 tsrhim.tsrhje uneven	參差 uneven
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	參	差
Reading #	4/5	6/6
No.	1103	18042
Phoneticcomponent	參	左
Rimegroup	侵	歌
Rimesubdivision	3	1
CorrespondingMC rime	嵾	差
OldChinese	/*sʰrum/	/*sʰral/
Notes	同嵾	見孟子

參差

(ideophonic) irregular; uneven; jagged
- 參差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, _trad._]
  参差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, _simp._]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī [Pinyin]
  Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.

嵾嵳／㟥嵳 (cēncī)

參差

(literary) approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts

上下 (shàngxià)
光景 (guāngjǐng)
前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
大抵 (dàdǐ)
大概 (dàgài)
大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
大約 / 大约 (dàyuē)
大約摸 / 大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
大致 (dàzhì)
左右 (zuǒyòu)
模樣 / 模样
無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)

參差

(literary) to miss (a train, opportunity, etc.); to miss out; to let something slip by

Hanja in this term
參	差

參差 • (chamchi) (hangeul 참치)

hanja form? of 참치

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