较

較

jiào

adverb HSK 3 #5,037

Meanings

Contains 车 (vehicle) radical — originally comparing chariots in a race.

Jīntiān jiào lěng.

It's rather cold today.

Zhège fāngfǎ jiào hǎo.

This method is comparatively better.

Liǎng zhě nányǐ bǐjiào.

The two are hard to compare.

usage

较 is more formal/written than 比较. In spoken Chinese, people prefer 比较 (bǐjiào). 较 alone feels literary.

grammar

较 + adjective = 'rather/comparatively' + adj. Similar to 比较 but shorter and more formal.

较 jiào