Definition
听差 is a historical term for a male domestic servant or office attendant in traditional China, someone who ran errands and performed minor tasks. The word appears mainly in period literature and historical contexts. Note that the standard pronunciation is tīng chāi, though the pinyin provided in this dataset is tīng chā.
n.
male domestic servantoffice attendant (historical)
Examples
- 听差。Tā yǐqián zài lǎo ye jiā dāng tīng chā.He used to work as a servant in the master's house.
- 听差。Nà ge tīng chā měitiān dōu yào pǎo tuǐ bàn shì.That servant had to run errands every day.
- 听差。Xiǎoshuō li xiě le hěn duō tīng chā de gùshì.The novel tells many stories of servants.
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