差价

差價

chājià

noun #42,541

Meanings

1 price difference
2 spread (between buy and sell prices)
3 margin

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

进口车和国产车之间差价很大。

Jìnkǒu chē hé guóchǎn chē zhījiān chājià hěn dà.

There's a big price gap between imported and domestic cars.

HSK 7-9

他靠赚差价发了财。

Tā kào zhuàn chājià fā le cái.

He got rich by pocketing the price spread.

Tips

usage

The classic 'middleman' verb 赚差价 ('earn the price difference') is a near-idiom for arbitrage or markup. Distinguish 差 ('difference') from 差 ('poor/bad') - same character, different reading.

Stroke Order

差 chà

价 jià