HSK 6 · Adjectives

悬殊 xuánshū “very different” in Chinese

Traditional 懸殊

What 悬殊 means

  1. very different
  2. wide disparity
  3. vastly different
  4. poles apart

How to say 悬殊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale悬xuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale殊shū1st tone, high and level

悬殊 in a sentence

  1. 两支球队的实力很悬殊。

    Liǎng zhī qiúduì de shílì hěn xuánshū.

    The two teams are very unevenly matched.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他们的年龄相差悬殊。

    Tāmen de niánlíng xiāngchà xuánshū.

    There’s a big age gap between them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 悬殊 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 悬 (xuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
悬xuánto hang or suspend
  • 县county · xiàn
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 殊 (shū) with each of its parts in a different colour
殊shūto kill; to behead; to sever
  • 歹death · dǎiMeaning part
  • 朱cinnabar · zhūSound part

歹 hints at the meaning (death); 朱 (zhū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shū.

How to write 悬殊

悬 11 strokes · 殊 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 悬殊

Words with 悬

悬挂xuánguà · to hang悬念xuánniàn · suspense悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff

Words with 殊

特殊tèshū · special

More words: Adjectives

雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雄伟xióngwěi · majestic喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular细致xìzhì · careful虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict

FAQs

悬殊 (xuánshū) means “very different” or “wide disparity”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuánshū: xuán with a 2nd tone, then shū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 悬殊 is written 懸殊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 悬殊 from the suggestions. Typing xuanshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
悬殊 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.