HSK 6 · Ideas

相差 xiāngchà “to differ” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 相差 means

  1. to differ
  2. difference

How to say 相差

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale差chà4th tone, falling

相差 in a sentence

  1. 我们俩的年龄相差五岁。

    Wǒmen liǎ de niánlíng xiāngchà wǔ suì.

    There’s a five-year age difference between us.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这两个答案相差很大。

    Zhè liǎng ge dá'àn xiāngchà hěn dà.

    These two answers are very different.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 相差 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

The character 差 (chà) with each of its parts in a different colour
差chàdifferent
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 工work · gōng

How to write 相差

相 9 strokes · 差 9 strokes

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相差 (xiāngchà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 相差 (xiāngchà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 相差

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to

Words with 差

差chà · differ from出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip差不多chàbuduō · almost时差shíchā · time difference差距chājù · gap误差wùchā · error差别chābié · difference偏差piānchā · deviation

More words: Ideas & Concepts

危机wēijī · crisis威力wēilì · power威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other陷阱xiànjǐng · trap线索xiànsuǒ · clue现状xiànzhuàng · current situation

FAQs

相差 (xiāngchà) means “to differ” or “difference”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāngchà: xiāng with a 1st tone, then chà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 相差 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangcha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相差 from the suggestions. Typing xiangcha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相差 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.