相差

xiāngchà
verb HSK 7 #16,904

Meanings

  1. 1 to differ
  2. 2 to be different by
  3. 3 discrepancy

Examples

Liǎng gè rén de niánlíng xiāngchà shí suì.
The two people differ in age by ten years.
Shìjì jiéguǒ hé yùqī xiāngchà hěn dà.
The actual result differs greatly from the expectation.
Zhè liǎng gè chǎnpǐn de jiàgé xiāngchà bù duō.
The prices of these two products are about the same.

Tips

usage
相差 is followed by the amount of difference: 相差 (differ by 10 years). 相差 means 'not much difference'. 相差 means 'differ greatly'.

Stroke Order

xiāng
chà