时差 shíchā▶ chênh lệch múi giờ

Stroke order

时差 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 时 — 7 strokes
• 差 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. time difference
2. time lag
3. jet lag

Related words

• 临时tạm thời
• 差距sự chênh lệch; khoảng cách
• 时代thời đại, kỷ nguyên
• 时刻thời gian
• 时尚thời trang
• 时期giai đoạn; thời kỳ

时差 is pronounced shíchā and means “chênh lệch múi giờ”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 时差 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.