相较

相較

xiāngjiào

verb

Meanings

1 to compare
2 compared with

Characters

Examples

相较去年同期，销售额增长了百分之二十。

Xiāngjiào qùnián tóngqī, xiāoshòu'é zēngzhǎngle bǎi fēn zhī èrshí.

Compared with the same period last year, sales grew by 20 percent.

相较之下，这款产品更便宜。

Xiāngjiào zhī xià, zhè kuǎn chǎnpǐn gèng piányi.

By comparison, this product is cheaper.

Tips

register

Slightly formal/written. Two staple patterns: 相较于 X (xiāngjiào yú X, 'compared with X') and 相较之下 (xiāngjiào zhī xià, 'in comparison'). The everyday spoken alternative is 比起来 (bǐ qǐlái) or 跟…比 (gēn…bǐ).

Stroke Order

相 xiāng

较 jiào