较差

較差
jiàochà
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 relatively poor
  2. 2 rather mediocre
  3. 3 not particularly good

Examples

Zhè jiā cāntīng de fúwù jiàochà.
This restaurant's service is rather poor.
Tā de Yīngyǔ kǒuyǔ jiàochà, dàn tīnglì búcuò.
His spoken English is relatively weak, but his listening is decent.

Tips

usage
(jiào) is a softening comparative adverb meaning 'relatively / comparatively', so 较差 is gentler than a flat 很差 (hěn chà, very bad). It's a polite way to say something is below average — common in reviews, reports, and feedback.
mistakes
has two readings: chà (mediocre / lacking) here, and chā (difference) in 较差 jiàochā meaning 'range / spread' (e.g. temperature range). Same characters, different meaning by tone.

Stroke Order

jiào
chà