差教

差教

1. (Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy; to assign; to command; to commission; to order about

   伊定定予人咧差教。 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   I tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ hō͘ lâng le̍h chhe-kah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He/She often sends people on errands.

   彼个囡仔真好差教。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Hit ê gín-á chin hó -chhe-kà. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   That kid is easy to order about.

2. (Hokkien) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct

   我做代誌真頇顢，你就加共我差教咧。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   我做代志真顸颟，你就加共我差教咧。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa chò tāi-chì chin hân-bān, lí tō ke kā góa -chhe-kà--leh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I'm very clumsy at doing things, so you should just tell me how to do it.

• 差使教, 差用, 差叫
• 差使 (chāishǐ)
• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 66; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 66
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhe-kah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 189; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 189