差事

chāishi
  1. errand
  2. assignment
  3. job
  4. commission
  5. see also 差使 chāishi

classifier: 件

CEDICT

Homographs

差事 chàshì
  1. poor
  2. not up to standard

Entry Composition

1 差 chāi
  1. to send (on an errand)
  2. (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  3. job; official post
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回