岔
fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)
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How 岔 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A road being split 分 by a mountain 山
How to remember it
diverge · Heisig RSH #1946
分 part + 山 mountain
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 岔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出岔子 | chū chà zi | to go wrong; to take a wrong turning |
| 南岔县 | Nán chà Xiàn | Nancha, a county in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 三岔口 | Sān chà kǒu | At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] |
| 隔三岔五 | gé sān chà wǔ | variant of 隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3] |
| 岔子 | chà zi | branch road; setback; accident; hiccup |
| 分岔 | fēn chà | (formal) to bifurcate; to branch; (formal) bifurcation; branching |
| 岔口 | chà kǒu | junction; fork in road |
| 岔道 | chà dào | side road; byway |
| 道岔 | dào chà | railroad switch |
| 岔开 | chà kāi | to diverge; to branch off the road; to change (the subject) |
| 打岔 | dǎ chà | interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject |
| 南岔 | Nán chà | see 南岔縣|南岔县[Nan2 cha4 Xian4] |
| 眼岔 | yǎn chà | to mistake for sth else |
| 岔流 | chà liú | branch stream |
| 岔路 | chà lù | fork in the road |
| 找岔子 | zhǎo chà zi | to look for blemishes; to find fault; nitpicking |
| 岔调 | chà diào | (of a voice) husky; hoarse; affected; (music) to go off-key |
| 听岔 | tīng chà | to mishear; to hear wrongly |
| 扳道岔 | bān dào chà | railroad switch |