| chà | 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) |
| 岔 | fork in road bifurcation branch in road, river, mountain range etc |
| 岔口 | junction fork in road |
| 岔子 | set-back accident a hiccup |
| 岔开 | to diverge to branch off the road to change (the subject) |
| 岔曲儿 | Singing before the real performance of danxian, which is usually lyric or comedic. |
| 岔气 | feel a pain in chest |
| 岔流 | branch stream |
| 岔生 | to grow horizontally. |
| 岔眼 | to panic because of an optical illusion. |
| 岔调 | to lose one's voice (coll.) |
| 岔路 | fork in the road |
| 岔路口 | a fork in the road; a turning |
| 岔道 | side road by-way to branch off |
| 岔道儿 | A road that branches out of a main road. |