| 岔 | 1061C40 80.21 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄔㄚˋ [cha4] . [Related叉 32.82; cogn.差80.30] | ||
| N. | (1) A forked road: 分岔 (road) leads off in different directions: see 岔道，岔路 [cha4dao4], [cha4lu4]↓; 岔批兒 [cha4pi1er0]↓. (2) Unexpected or undesirable turn of events: 岔子，岔兒 [cha4zi0], [cha4er0]↓. (3) Purposeful interruption of talk: 打岔 break off conversation by changing subject, see V.i. & t.1↓. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To interrupt: 用話岔開 turn conversation into new direction. (2) To change in voice: 聲音岔了 ＝his voice caught, became hoarse (and tears followed). | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Incorrect (statement): 這話岔了 what you say is incorrect (cf. 差80.30). (2) Confused, uncomfortable: 岔眼 [cha4yan3]↓; 岔氣 [cha4qi4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 岔氣 [cha4qi4], n., sudden pains in chest, angina pectoris. 2. 岔曲 [cha4qU3], n., a short song in certain type of Chin. opera (cf. 插 曲 10A.21) 3. 岔道 [cha4dao4], n., a fork-shaped road crossing; a branch road. 4. 岔換 [cha4huan4], v.i. & t., to divert (mind): 把心中煩悶岔換岔換 to divert the mind from boredom. 5. 岔口 [cha4kou3], n., where the road leads off in another direction. 6. 岔兒 [cha4er0], n., (1) see [cha4zi0]↓; (2) broken bits: 缸岔兒，瓦岔兒 broken jars, tiles. 7. 岔路 [cha4lu4], n., see[cha4dao4]↑. 8. 岔批兒 [cha4pi1er0], v.i., as in 走岔批兒 go on different roads and miss each other. 9. 岔子 [cha4zi0], n., an untoward turn of events: 出了岔子 s.t. untoward has happened. 10. 岔眼 [cha4yan3], adj., (horse) takes fright from what it sees. | |||||