公差

gōngchāi
  1. official errand
  2. bailiff in a yamen

CEDICT

  1. 官署執行公務的差役。
  2. 因處理公務而外出。

重編國語辭典

  1. 公務差事；出差
  2. 出差的人
  3. 因處理公務而外出
  4. 官署執行公務的差役

維基詞典

Homographs

公差 gōngchā
  1. tolerance (allowed error)
  2. common difference (of an arithmetic series)

Entry Composition

1 公 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)
2 差 chāi
  1. to send (on an errand)
  2. (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  3. job; official post