岔 - chà - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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7 strokes
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岔

chà

Definition

fork in road
bifurcation
branch in road, river, mountain range etc
to branch off
to turn off
to diverge
to stray (from the path)
to change the subject
to interrupt
to stagger (times)

Character Decomposition

Related words (16)

岔口

chà kǒu

junction; fork in road

岔子

chà zi

branch road; setback; accident; hiccup

岔開

chà kāi

to diverge; to branch off the road; to change (the subject)

branch stream

(of a voice) husky; hoarse; affected; (music) to go off-key

fork in the road

side road; byway

bifurcation

to mishear; to hear wrongly

打岔

dǎ chà

interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject

眼岔

yǎn chà

to mistake for sth else

railroad switch

to go wrong; to take a wrong turning

railroad switch

to look for blemishes; to find fault; nitpicking

隔三岔五

gé sǎn chà wǔ

see 隔三差五

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