to differ by; to be short of; to lack; to be missing

difference; discrepancy; the result of a subtraction in mathematics

poor; inferior; not up to standard; of low quality

an official post; a job or task one is assigned to do; a mission

mistake; error; an unintentional fault

(archaic) a person sent on an errand; a messenger or runner

(literary) slightly; somewhat; to a small extent

wrong; incorrect; mistaken

to send on an errand; to dispatch someone to do a task

(bound form) rank; grade; class

(bound form) to slip; to stumble; to fall down

(archaic) to recover from an illness

(verb complement) used to indicate an action performed mistakenly or incorrectly

a Chinese surname

(bound form) uneven; irregular; used in the compound 参差 cēn​cī