(pos:語素)
<explanation>
yue:官府職務或者有關嘅負責人員
eng:government duty; person on government duty
<eg>
yue:#差事 (caai1 si6)
eng:duty
<eg>
yue:欽差大臣 (jam1 caai1 daai6 san4)
eng:imperial envoy
<eg>
yue:#郵差 (jau4 caai1)
eng:postman
<eg>
yue:#差人 (caai1 jan4)
eng:police officer

(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:指兩個人或者兩樣事物喺質素或者數字上有分別
eng:to differ, in terms of qualities or quantities
<eg>
yue:你同我嘅智商差太遠喇！ (nei5 tung4 ngo5 ge3 zi3 soeng1 caa1 taai3 jyun5 laa3!)
eng:Your IQ is lower than mine with a large margin!
<eg>
yue:大家成績好接近，最低同最高都係差幾分啫。 (daai6 gaa1 sing4 zik1 hou2 zip3 gan6, zeoi3 dai1 tung4 zeoi3 gou1 dou1 hai6 caa1 gei2 fan1 ze1.)
eng:The results are very close. The lowest and the highest are only several marks apart.
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<explanation>
yue:#缺少；#爭；高唔過、少過某個標準
eng:to lack; to miss out; to fall short of a certain standard
<eg>
yue:我差一分先至合格呀！ (ngo5 caa1 jat1 fan1 sin1 zi3 hap6 gaak3 aa3!)
eng:I'm one mark short of the passing mark.
<eg>
yue:呢個候選人差咗啲經驗。 (ni1 go3 hau6 syun2 jan4 caa1 zo2 di1 ging1 jim6.)
eng:This candidate lacks a bit of experience.

(pos:形容詞)
<explanation>
yue:唔好；質素低；劣；喺一般水平之下；比唔上其他人或者嘢
eng:bad; inferior; lower than average; poor
<eg>
yue:佢啲英文好差。 (keoi5 di1 jing1 man2 hou2 caa1.)
eng:His English is poor.
<eg>
yue:啲口罩嘅質素咁差，邊度會有人買吖。 (di1 hau2 zaau3 ge3 zat1 sou3 gam3 caa1, bin1 dou6 wui5 jan4 maai5 aa1.)
eng:The quality of those surgical masks is so bad, I doubt anyone would buy them.

(pos:名詞)
<explanation>
yue:兩個數相減所得出嘅數
eng:(mathematics) difference
<eg>
yue:求三減一嘅差？二囉。 (kau4 saam1 gaam2 jat1 ge3 caa1? ji6 lo1.)
eng:Asking the difference of three minus one? It's two, isn't it.