相差

xiāngchà

verb HSK 6 #16,904

Meanings

HSK 4

两个人的年龄相差十岁。

Liǎng gè rén de niánlíng xiāngchà shí suì.

The two people differ in age by ten years.

HSK 5

这两个产品的价格相差不多。

Zhè liǎng gè chǎnpǐn de jiàgé xiāngchà bù duō.

The prices of these two products are about the same.

HSK 6

实际结果和预期相差很大。

Shíjì jiéguǒ hé yùqī xiāngchà hěn dà.

The actual result differs greatly from the expectation.

usage

相差 is followed by the amount of difference: 相差十岁 (differ by 10 years). 相差不多 means 'not much difference'. 相差甚远 means 'differ greatly'.

相 xiāng

差 chà